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burghpitts

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Hello, I am active duty and I work in a pretty loud enviroment and had ssome loud trauma to my ears. I have had a hearing test that came back pretty good and been seen by ENT I do have recurrent tinnitus it comes and goes for that last several months and it is documented in my medical record. I get out in 10 months what should I expect for the C&P exam? Would I get rated for this?

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"I do have recurrent tinnitus it comes and goes"

If your tinnitus is not chronic and constant, the claim will be denied. You might want to check but I believe it may also need to be of moderate degree in order to qualify.

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"I do have recurrent tinnitus it comes and goes"

If your tinnitus is not chronic and constant, the claim will be denied. You might want to check but I believe it may also need to be of moderate degree in order to qualify.

Allan

I think it used to require that the tinnitus be constant, but this has been changed. Diagnostic Code 6260 now rates recurrent tinnitus at 10% under 38CFR 4.87.

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JustPLS ,

thanks for the update. I hadn't heard of the change.

Allan

No problem, Allan. I only knew because I was recently awarded compensation for it. Thanks for your many contributions to this great site!

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JustPLS, what did they ask you specifically for tinnitus at the C&P exam? Thank you very much for your help!

I wish I could remember.

I was actually service connected for bilateral tinnitus in 1974 (0%), so I don't remember any of the questions asked of me at that time.

When I applied for an increase in the compensation, to 10%, I was asked to describe the noise, whether I heard it in one side of my head more than the other, whether it was constant or recurrent, and whether it interfered with my daily living. At some point I was aked what event caused the tinnitus, and in my case it was easy to relate because it was from a rocket blast. I hope this helps.

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