Depression Secondary To Hearing Loss

[killemall]

I went to the va mental health a year ago. told them I was depressed because of my hearing loss.

Made me do all kinds of testing. my GAF score was an 55.

On axis 1 the doctor wrote depression secondary to medical condition plausable.

Do I have a shot at a depression claim?

[killemall]

Well ill give it a shot. my last claim for slurred speech was denied. just got the letter yesterday.

Back to the drawing board

[boomer2]

I know you can get depression secondary to tinnitus. So why not hearing loss. I am about to go to MHC myself for it, I'm already being treated for it by a private doc.

[boomer2]

Check this link you may want to send some of it as additional evidence that hearing loss cause depression.

http://www.healthyhearing.com/content/articles/Hearing-loss/Types/7718-When-depression-and-hearing

[john999]

Keep going to the VA and do file that depression claim. I know someone who had hearlng loss which lead to his losing his job and he had severe depression. Hearing loss is at least as bad as vision loss.

[killemall]

Thanks for the replies.

Guess im gonna go see my private psycoligist and get some more evidance on how this effects my life then put a nice packet together.

Not easy but just gotta keep going

[sambo808]

I went to the va mental health a year ago. told them I was depressed because of my hearing loss.

Made me do all kinds of testing. my GAF score was an 55.

On axis 1 the doctor wrote depression secondary to medical condition plausable.

Do I have a shot at a depression claim?

Hearing loss and tinnitus can be a symptom associated with schizophrenia as these condition do occur in the head. It does take a medical opinion to determine the nexus. Any physical or emotional ailments can trigger or exacerbate or directly cause depression. And so the examiner in your case rendered a positive opinion by medically resorting to plausibility. So it looks like you will be granted depression on a secondary basis.

Edited July 23, 2013 by sambo808