TBar74

Left ear is 100% discrimination. DB loss puretone threshold 500hz is 45, 1000hz is 40, 2000hz is 55, 3000hz is 55 and 4000hz is 55. db loss of 51db in left ear. Right ear is 100% discrimination. Db Loss puretone loss is 500hz is 30, 1000 is 35, 2000hz is 40, 3000hz is 35 and 4000hz is 40 db loss of 38 in right ear. Only thing is when I did my exit back in 1998 I was told a significant drop in left ear from when I did entrance exam. Lady then told me to get a hearing aide and sign up for benefits, of course then I was 23 and to cool for all that stuff. Well hear we are years later and now its a fight. Have a buddy that's getting benefits and he said I should sign up for my right knee that from time to time will lock in place while standing or sitting for long times that sounds like something snaps and hurts like heck. Any clue on that also? Like I said I am new to all of it and reading some of the forums yesterday I decided I better sign up on here, looks like some people have more knowledge than the VA is trying to give to me.

I am new to all of this so I just have a quick question that maybe someone can explain to me. I went to the VA last year and received a 10% rating for tinnitus and )% rating but that it was service connected for hearing. After my 3rd hearing test I was given a set of hearing aids because they deemed that certain frequencies and speech I could not hear. I did an appeal for the 0% hearing loss cause makes no sense to me that there is enough to rate hearing aids but not within specs for a 10% rating. Does this make sense to anyone?