ptsd Hearing Aid Denied

[bojack]

The VA just denied me my hearing aid because they think my hearing is normal and its not the haring that is giving me a headache and making me hard to focus and study. The VA told me they think I need to go mental health route due to my mild cognitive impairment and PTSD (lack of sleep and stress). They told me my current condition is worse than me wearing hearing aid so they told me to go seek more mental health therapy.

Is this a good thing for my claim? I mean I am little sad that my injuries are giving me all these trouble, but I would like to get what I deserve so I can improve my life.

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[jbasser]

No, It means if you have a 10 percent disability rating you qualify for Glasses and hearing aids.

JU

[TiredCoastie]

No, It means if you have a 10 percent disability rating you qualify for Glasses and hearing aids.

JU

That confirms why, before I had a SC disability rating, I couldn't get hearing aids from the VAMC. I did get a great lecture about how to survive with hearing loss, though, and encouragement to come back in a year to see if my hearing had "changed."

[bojack]

Will this result get me 10% down the road?

Thank you

[jbasser]

It is up to your ability to service connect your ears.

J

[TiredCoastie]

Hearing loss is tricky and doesn't provide a lot of compensation despite being very aggrevating as well as debilitating if you're severe enough.

[Mil T]

Take the advice of the audiologist and go seek mental health care. In her report she is describing symptoms that are related to PTSD, Dementia, and Adult ADD.

patient experiences difficulty listening and staying focused.

- hard to listen to radio from the right ear.

- didn't do well in school becaues too hard to read and focus

on lectures.

- noisy environments give patient a headache

- poor memory, forgetful, patient had SLP consult but

declined to continue therapy

- loses focus easily so difficult to follow instructions

- also reports high levels of stress and insomnia, both of

which have been documented in other reports

- SLP therapy and sleep study have been postponed because

patient is unwilling or unable to change behavoir

(i.e. use smartphone and sleep without guns)

You have other issues besides audio which can cause thinking that you are not hearing correctly.

I do not understand the audio report by your Dr. It does not look like any I have seen that the VA health care is supposed to report per 38 usc.

Speech Recognition should be 94% and below for recognized hearing loss

Frequency tone patterns should be decibel loss of 24% and above for recognized hearing loss.

Your report has;

Frequency Tone Patterns (normal = 75%)

AU @ 60 dBHL: 32%

Compressed Word Recognition Test (normal = 72%):

This is not a normal VA way or reporting per 38 USC.

Per these numbers, she reported, both should qualify you for hearing loss and both in the SEVERE or PROFOUND LOSS column.

What VA Medical Center did you go to?

Something just is not right here.

Edited July 21, 2014 by Mil T