tinnitus Increase In Comp Claim

[jet187]

Hi all,

a friend of mine is a Vietnam vet,he was SC 0% non-compensation years ago for hearing & tinnitus.

Hearing is getting bad & hearing aids might be in order soon.

How does he file for increase of comp from 0%?

Does he file another claim form?

Any help is appreciated,

Jetpack

[hulamatt]

In addition, to a claim for increase, he should file a CUE claim, stating he should have been awarded 10%, originally, for his tinnitis. As to the hearing aid issue he should contact his PCP to get them. Hearing loss is hard to get as their requirements for compensation are fairly profound. He should be able to get 10%, retro, to the date of his original claim, under the CUE. Tell him he'll own me a dinner, or at least a Starbucks, when he gets that nice($$$$$$) retro check for 40 yrs, plus or minus.

pr

I agree CUE that shit, he shoudl have gotten 10% for tinnitus, hell i feel anyone in the military should get it, all the damn times at the range, sometimes ear plugs not being present. But im not about to claim that because ive never been in combat, shouldve worn the damn ear plugs

[JustPLS]

In addition, to a claim for increase, he should file a CUE claim, stating he should have been awarded 10%, originally, for his tinnitis. As to the hearing aid issue he should contact his PCP to get them. Hearing loss is hard to get as their requirements for compensation are fairly profound. He should be able to get 10%, retro, to the date of his original claim, under the CUE. Tell him he'll own me a dinner, or at least a Starbucks, when he gets that nice($$$$$$$$$$$$) retro check for 40 yrs, plus or minus.

pr

PR,

I'm interested in your answer regarding tinnitus. I was service connected at 0% for tinnitus in 1974, and filed a claim for increase in 2007. The VA awarded 10 % from the 2007 request. I filed for EED since it had been SC in '74 and is constant. They finally awarded compensation back to 2003 when I went to a VA hospital for a hearing evaluation.

I know they started paying compensation for tinnitus in 1999 to the masses, but I think the regulation allowed payment back in the 70's if due to trauma. Do you know any more about this, or know where to point me? Thanks!

[Philip Rogers]

JustPLS - could you, or someone, post for me the rating code number(or whatever they're called) for tinnitus, so I can do some quick research? I'm fairly sure you can go back to '74.

BTW, I was an 11B4P, w/HHC, 1st Bde (Abn), 1st Cav, from 7/1/65 - 9/17/67, having arrived in 9/65, w/the original division deployment. I left An Khe on 9/17/67.

pr

Edited March 27, 2010 by Philip Rogers

[JustPLS]

JustPLS - could you, or someone, post for me the rating code number(or whatever they're called) for tinnitus, so I can do some quick research? I'm fairly sure you can go back to '74.

BTW, I was an 11B4P, w/HHC, 1st Bde (Abn), 1st Cav, from 7/1/65 - 9/17/67, having arrived in 9/65, w/the original division deployment. I left An Khe on 9/17/67.

pr

Thanks, PR,

I was a young 2LT platoon leader with A /1/8th Cav in 67-68 in Bong Son, the An Loa Valley, and later in I Corps. Wild times for you in the early years, I bet.

I just searched through the rating decision and the letter accompanying the decision, and in neither is there a code listed. Where else would I look to find the rating code?

Pat

[john999]

JustPls

Just a point of fact. During WWII Janpanese soldiers did eat Americans. They would behead a prisoner and ear his liver. I believe at some point they ate them for food value since on some islands the Japs were starving and would scour the battlefield for dead enemy to eat.

[Philip Rogers]

The codes are carried on what used to be the blue sheet, usually at the end of the decision. I don't believe they send those out, w/the decision, these days. I'm thinking tinnitus is a neurological disease/injury but I'm not sure, since the noise is in your head, not the ears??? Most tinnitus is caused by acoustic trauma but there are other causes.

A/1/8 was in our brigade. Were you at LZ English, on 6/5/67, when they hit the ammo dump & POL point?? I've never been to fireworks since. That's the night I really thought I was gonna die. Sometimes it seems like yesterday.

pr

Thanks, PR,

I was a young 2LT platoon leader with A /1/8th Cav in 67-68 in Bong Son, the An Loa Valley, and later in I Corps. Wild times for you in the early years, I bet.

I just searched through the rating decision and the letter accompanying the decision, and in neither is there a code listed. Where else would I look to find the rating code?

Pat