Guest Charleese Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Have anyone gotten a rating on hearing aids? If so what type of rating was given? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mssoup1 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I may be wrong but if so someone will come back and correct me. You do not get a rating just for wearing hearing aids. You get a rating based on how much hearing loss you have. My husband wears hearing aids and is service connected for hearing loss, but based on the rating table, he gets 0% compensation because they don't consider his hearing loss bad enough for compensation. You would think if it is bad enough that he needs hearing aids that there would be a rating greater than 0%, but that is not how they rate it. Hope this has been of some help to you. mssoup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rickb54 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 I too wear hearing aids but only received a rating of 0%. The va is the only one that would say you have a hearing loss give you hearing aids and then say with a 0% rating that the hearing loss is not real....go figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Charleese Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Thanks all! Yes it is strange that the VA gave this veteran hearing aids and service connected his hearing loss at 0%. They say that because he has not been hospitalized or have any occupational records stating that he missed work is why he is at 0%. I am quite sure if he was to use hearing loss to stay out of work he would be fired. Can't understand why hearing aids are not given a rating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlie Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 You really have to be bad off on hearing to get a compensable rating. I also am SC'd, hearing loss - right ear zero %. VA provides my hearing aid and batteries. Trouble is, when I have suppurative otitis the hearing aid is of no help. carlie TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PART 4--SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES--Table of Contents Subpart B--Disability Ratings Sec. 4.85 Evaluation of hearing impairment. (a) An examination for hearing impairment for VA purposes must be conducted by a state-licensed audiologist and must include a controlled speech discrimination test (Maryland CNC) and a puretone audiometry test. Examinations will be conducted without the use of hearing aids. (:P Table VI, ``Numeric Designation of Hearing Impairment Based on Puretone Threshold Average and Speech Discrimination,'' is used to determine a Roman numeral designation (I through XI) for hearing impairment based on a combination of the percent of speech discrimination (horizontal rows) and the puretone threshold average (vertical columns). The Roman numeral designation is located at the point where the percentage of speech discrimination and puretone threshold average intersect. © Table VIa, ``Numeric Designation of Hearing Impairment Based Only on Puretone Threshold Average,'' is used to determine a Roman numeral designation (I through XI) for hearing impairment based only on the puretone threshold average. Table VIa will be used when the examiner certifies that use of the speech discrimination test is not appropriate because of language difficulties, inconsistent speech discrimination scores, etc., or when indicated under the provisions of Sec. 4.86. (d) ``Puretone threshold average,'' as used in Tables VI and VIa, is the sum of the puretone thresholds at 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 Hertz, divided by four. This average is used in all cases (including those in Sec. 4.86) to determine the Roman numeral designation for hearing impairment from Table VI or VIa. (e) Table VII, ``Percentage Evaluations for Hearing Impairment,'' is used to determine the percentage evaluation by combining the Roman numeral designations for hearing impairment of each ear. The horizontal rows represent the ear having the better hearing and the vertical columns the ear having the poorer hearing. The percentage evaluation is located at the point where the row and column intersect. (f) If impaired hearing is service-connected in only one ear, in order to determine the percentage evaluation from Table VII, the non- service-connected ear will be assigned a Roman Numeral designation for hearing impairment of I, subject to the provisions of Sec. 3.383 of this chapter. (g) When evaluating any claim for impaired hearing, refer to Sec. 3.350 of this chapter to determine whether the veteran may be entitled to special monthly compensation due either to deafness, or to deafness in combination with other specified disabilities. (h) Numeric tables VI, VIA*, and VII. [[Page 402]] You really have to be bad off on hearing to get a compensable rating. I also am SC'd, hearing loss - right ear zero %. VA provides my hearing aid and batteries. Trouble is, when I have suppurative otitis the hearing aid is of no help. carlie TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PART 4--SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES--Table of Contents Subpart B--Disability Ratings Sec. 4.85 Evaluation of hearing impairment. (a) An examination for hearing impairment for VA purposes must be conducted by a state-licensed audiologist and must include a controlled speech discrimination test (Maryland CNC) and a puretone audiometry test. Examinations will be conducted without the use of hearing aids. (B) Table VI, ``Numeric Designation of Hearing Impairment Based on Puretone Threshold Average and Speech Discrimination,'' is used to determine a Roman numeral designation (I through XI) for hearing impairment based on a combination of the percent of speech discrimination (horizontal rows) and the puretone threshold average (vertical columns). The Roman numeral designation is located at the point where the percentage of speech discrimination and puretone threshold average intersect. © Table VIa, ``Numeric Designation of Hearing Impairment Based Only on Puretone Threshold Average,'' is used to determine a Roman numeral designation (I through XI) for hearing impairment based only on the puretone threshold average. Table VIa will be used when the examiner certifies that use of the speech discrimination test is not appropriate because of language difficulties, inconsistent speech discrimination scores, etc., or when indicated under the provisions of Sec. 4.86. (d) ``Puretone threshold average,'' as used in Tables VI and VIa, is the sum of the puretone thresholds at 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 Hertz, divided by four. This average is used in all cases (including those in Sec. 4.86) to determine the Roman numeral designation for hearing impairment from Table VI or VIa. (e) Table VII, ``Percentage Evaluations for Hearing Impairment,'' is used to determine the percentage evaluation by combining the Roman numeral designations for hearing impairment of each ear. The horizontal rows represent the ear having the better hearing and the vertical columns the ear having the poorer hearing. The percentage evaluation is located at the point where the row and column intersect. (f) If impaired hearing is service-connected in only one ear, in order to determine the percentage evaluation from Table VII, the non- service-connected ear will be assigned a Roman Numeral designation for hearing impairment of I, subject to the provisions of Sec. 3.383 of this chapter. (g) When evaluating any claim for impaired hearing, refer to Sec. 3.350 of this chapter to determine whether the veteran may be entitled to special monthly compensation due either to deafness, or to deafness in combination with other specified disabilities. (h) Numeric tables VI, VIA*, and VII. 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Guest Jim S. Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I know what I am going to say may erk some, but it is not my entent to do so, just to explain the VA thinking on the hearing lose. Since with the help of hearing aids hou have no loss of income earning, their is no percentage other than 0 that they can give you for it. Now if you should find that the help of the hearing aids, does not help sufficiently for you to make a living at some type of work, then you could possibly then show a reason for compensation. I know that you feel your compensation should be based on the amount of loss to your hearing without the hearing aids, but you would have to get Congress to rewrite the law to get the actual physical loss of hearing service connected. Then again, their are some hearing loss issues that cannot be rectified by hearing aids and those I believe do get a ratable rate. It's a bum deal I know. Jim S. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellis Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Not to upset anyone but I know 2 people with hearing aid and both recieve compensation. It is base on your hearing wihtout hearing aids. they go by the numbers and what the examer puts down. I have 40% and 10% tininutes thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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