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Buck52
I have a few questions about helping a retired U.S. Army Veteran (Rank E-9)
In part of our phone conversation last night(I know I need to ask him more questions) and Last night I had him request his C-FILE because his VSO never mention this he didn't know what a C-FILE Was.
he has a VSO but he don't like him because the VSO won't call or answer his questions and is slow about things.
Anyway
He retired in 1989 he just found out that when he went through his seperation exams he was S.C. at 0 % for hearing loss, he took another hearing test recently at his VAMC and the audiologist mention that he has some severe hearing loss and that he showed to be 0 % S.C. at his seperation exam! this veteran is 71 and never filed a claim.
Question if he files a claim for hearing loss and if rated a % say 10% 20% ect,,,ect,, can he request they go back when his hearing loss first occurred being that he has been S.C. for it?
and not the date he filed this claim?...because someone must have filed a claim back in 1989 for him to get S.C. AT 0%
Further more he was injured in Vietnam 1969 from harassment from VC incoming Mortar Rounds into his unit compound, Just as he dove in the bunker his feet caught scraperal and injure his feet the metal it went into the soles of his boots on into the skin and feet he never went to seek medical attention for this..so probably not any medical records...he suck it up and went on.
his feet has bothered him ever sense and just kept putting it off to seek medical attention for this throughout the years
He has had surgery about 4 years ago and they removed fragrantments from under his feet that has bothered him for years and he is claiming it was the injury from the Mortar Rounds
I told him he can file a claim for that too but without medical records he would be a little hard to prove but it can be done...After he gets his C-FILE then we can look into it and see if any thing like medical records are found that he may have completely forgot about.
he may have other contentions to deal with.
Any help or information for me to relay to this veteran will help as he don't use computer
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