[Dragonman]

[Dragonman]

[Hearing Loss Rated at 0%]

I'm jumping into this old thread because I just got another remand back to my RO. Been at BVA back to RO, back to BVA after 3rd hearing test now it's in Bay Pines. Original claim is from 2007, they need more evidence? Already 10% tinitus, 0% for hearing loss. I'm represented by PVA, who have done nothing for me. Reading all the other replies even if, as I figured out, have a high enough % hearing loss VA will only give a compensation if you're almost deaf. I have 3 weeks to provide new evidence and they say a decision will come "expeditiously", right. Should I just give up? My last test was in 2015. Should I, could I request another or am I beating a dead horse. I am 60%,50% PTSD, 10% tinitus. I'd like to get 10% more so I can apply for 100% unemployability. I'm 69, not ever going to work but in Fla 100% I don't have to pay real estate tax plus I could use the extra money, who cant? Thanks for listening. Any help will be appreciated.

[Appeal For Bi-Lateral Hearing Loss Deniedi]

i was at 10%, got 40% and was at 50% then another 10% to 60%. there was no 10% of the remaining 40%. it was 10% added to my current rating. i don't know what you're talking about, nor does anyone else i know.

[Appeal For Bi-Lateral Hearing Loss Deniedi]

ok. i tried the calculator and i come out lower than 60% if i add 60 plus 10. how is it when i was 50% and got 10% additional, i wound up with 60%. regular math worked fine then or is it only after 60% and i just sent away for my c file. all these years i have been represented by PVA and they never told me any of this. how is it that i know so many people that are 100%. they get real estate deduction. i even get 10% off my real estate taxes. i don't know what iu is. i don't get any of this. are my nso totally incompetent? i have a phone appt. with my nso supervisor tommorrow. i will ask him to explain to me plainly without all the abbreviations and VA math that i never had to deal with before. 50 plus 10 i got 60, but 60 plus 10 and i get, 59.5, 64. and yes, this is what i have to fight for for the past 4 years. i got an sci on my civilian job so no service connection there. i'm not looking for anything except what i deserve, compensation for my hearing loss. i don't know all the rules like you guys do so i depend on my service org. to advocate for me. they are a reputable national organization. i find it hard to believe they do not know all this stuff. maybe i'm naieve or stupid, but this doesn't make sense to me. i have been a life PVA member for years. i will not sleep well tonight. it's like i've been living a lie or dreaming for all these years. i will check back in tommorrow.

[Appeal For Bi-Lateral Hearing Loss Deniedi]

i don't understand why 60% plus 10% doesn't equal 70%. this fight is important to me because with 70% i can apply for unemployable and get 100% which besides more income badly needed in fla. if you are 100% you pay no real estate tax a big savings. i'm still stuck on why if i get a 10% increase it doesn't necessarily mean i would get a total of 70% rating. do they use a different method of calculation? or is it just another VA trick? now i'm totally confused. i've already wasted years on this case and you think it's not worth it. please explain. not trying to be a wiseguy. it just doesn't make sense to me. thanks. besides, i've lost my hearing. isn't that worth something?

[New To Forum]

thank you administrator. i just wrote my regional office for a copy of my "c" file. yesterday i didn't know what that was or if i am entitled to that info. i wish i had known about this forum years ago. much good info here.

[Appeal For Bi-Lateral Hearing Loss Deniedi]

my original claim i was awarded 0% which i appealed and was just denied on the basis that while VA concedes my hearing loss was caused by military service, flight deck, it is not severe enough for compensation based on puretone threshold average which is 41.5%. 42% gets a 10% rating. i took 3 tests at VA and have records with private audiologists going back to 1997, but no puretone averages are mentioned. i also am suspicious of which VA test they are basing their denial on. after 1st test i got hearing aids, i complained about my hearing and was given another test, then i filed claim and had a pension comp hearing and another test. in every test in every decibel level, 1,000 - 4,000 i had diminished hearing, as high as 65db in some levels. since VA has given me results of only one test result in their statement of case how do i get the other test results? is this normal procedure? it seems they can pick the test with the best results and base their denial on that. i was told by my PVA NSO that it was a mistake and i would surely win on appeal with all the evidence i had. today i called PVA headquarters in wash. d.c. and i'm still waiting for a call back from someone who can explain hearing loss rating. that was 7 hours ago. is it really that complicated that no one knows how they decide rating? their own tables say i'm disabled. it is conceded that it is service connected. it is bad enough to give me %6,000 hearing aids, but 0% compensation. and now i have to file for another appeal with BVA. i know VA is illogical, but this seems over even their line.

[New To Forum]

thanks to the moderator for the welcome. i also noticed your remark about a "C" file. i have been through the claim process many times, and for many years, since 1986. this is the 1st i heard of that "C" file. please clue me in on what it is and how to get mine. i am in the process of appealing my latest denied appeal to the BVA. i might need every bit of help i can get. thanks.

[New To Forum]

hi guys. i got word about this forum from an old friend, a lady who volunteers with DAV. i served in an attack squadron, VA-86 on the USS America from 1965-68. i am a PVA member, retired nyc sanitationman and now live in ft. myers, fl. i'm married to the same woman since 1969, 3 kids, 4 grandkids, don't know how she put up with me that long. looking forward to participating on the forum.

[Appeal For Bi-Lateral Hearing Loss Deniedi]

i have filed a claim for hearing loss that was denied and an appeal that was just denied on 1-17-12 after waiting another 2 years. even though VA has conceded my hearing loss is signifcant and caused by my military service on the flght deck of USS America and i failed 2 hearing tests at pension comp hearings, given hearing aids, and have been seen by private audiologists since 1997, they claim that according to Puretone threshold, something new to me, my hearing misses being compensible by 1/2 of 1 percent. 40% in one ear, 43% in the other, avg. 41.5%, 42% is the threshold. to make matters worse they have conveniently not included my records from 1997 in their statement of case and have got other drs. dates wrong. they now say i must file yet another appeal to the BVA in wash. d.c. in 60 days or less or my case will be closed. no one seems to know what i should do. i belong to PVA and cannot get anyone knowledgeable on this subject to advise me. should i hire a private att'y or just give up. any advice will be appreciated. sorry for long post, lots of info. thanks.