Tinnitus – VA Disability Claims
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Tinnitus is the number one disability among veterans. According to Military.com, in 2015 over 150,000 veterans were diagnosed with tinnitus. On average, tinnitus affects at least one in every 10 American adults, and is experienced as a clicking, ringing, buzzing or hissing sound in the ears.
VA disability claims for noise-related hearing loss or tinnitus, there are certain things you’ll want to do to help your case:
- Provide detailed statements that explain the noise exposure you experienced during your military service.
- Cite the sources of the noise such as the machinery you used or the environment you worked in.
- Cite the duration of the exposure, and explain the type of hearing protection available for use (including no protection)
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Tinnitus BVA decisions from 2015 – 2017
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7 Steps to Proving VA Tinnitus Claims. – Veterans Law Blog
VA Tinnitus Claims (tinnitus is that incessant ringing in the ears that nearly every Veteran suffers from) are one of the most common VA Claims. And,VA Tinnitus Claims used to be one of the easiest to prove.
Read the article on veteranslawblog.org >
https://www.cuddiganlaw.com/library/noise-exposure-and-va-disability-benefits.cfm
Tinnitus – it’s a brain malady…
References:
https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=9ab3b0f81a45e54d7f0818c961b01e45&mc=true&node=sg38.1.4_180_64_184.sg2&rgn=div7
