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I was wondering about a denied claim I had in 2012. I submitted for tinnitus and hearing loss. The VA sent me to a private audiologist for my C&P exam. He stated that he reviewed my SMR's and I didn't have tinnitus or hearing loss while in service. Claim denied.
I didn't really know any better so I let the claim close without appealing.
After some digging and researching, I found where my medical record noted tinnitus 2 years prior to me retiring. Also had 3 significant threshold shifts and a baseline adjustment while in service. I also found the VA FAST Letter 10-35 about hearing and tinnitus. I was a engineer equipment operator in the Marines. The private audiologist never mentioned any of my MOS's or weapons and acoustic noise that I was around. Also I found VA Training Letter 10-02 which talks about hearing loss and tinnitus.
I submitted a re-open claim for both in 2014, went to a VA audiologist that stated it should be S/C and also had a NEXUS letter from a private audiologist back up the VA doctors findings.
If the VA doesn't CUE this themselves, do I have a good chance at a CUE since the VA TL 10-02 states "If STR's mention a complaint of tinnitus and the veteran claims tinnitus and has current complaints of tinnitus, a MO regarding possible causation is not required. S/C can be established without an opinion about the specific cause of the tinnitus because it began in service".
To me, the VA totally disregarded this training letter dated in 2010.
I just received my C-file on CD and found in the C-file where the tinnitus is in there in my STR documents.
I am patiently waiting for this claim to complete and see if they fix it themselves, but if not, could this be a CUE claim?
I have had 3 RO CUE claims already go in favor of me over the past 5 years.
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I was wondering about a denied claim I had in 2012. I submitted for tinnitus and hearing loss. The VA sent me to a private audiologist for my C&P exam. He stated that he reviewed my SMR's and I didn't have tinnitus or hearing loss while in service. Claim denied.
I didn't really know any better so I let the claim close without appealing.
After some digging and researching, I found where my medical record noted tinnitus 2 years prior to me retiring. Also had 3 significant threshold shifts and a baseline adjustment while in service. I also found the VA FAST Letter 10-35 about hearing and tinnitus. I was a engineer equipment operator in the Marines. The private audiologist never mentioned any of my MOS's or weapons and acoustic noise that I was around. Also I found VA Training Letter 10-02 which talks about hearing loss and tinnitus.
I submitted a re-open claim for both in 2014, went to a VA audiologist that stated it should be S/C and also had a NEXUS letter from a private audiologist back up the VA doctors findings.
If the VA doesn't CUE this themselves, do I have a good chance at a CUE since the VA TL 10-02 states "If STR's mention a complaint of tinnitus and the veteran claims tinnitus and has current complaints of tinnitus, a MO regarding possible causation is not required. S/C can be established without an opinion about the specific cause of the tinnitus because it began in service".
To me, the VA totally disregarded this training letter dated in 2010.
I just received my C-file on CD and found in the C-file where the tinnitus is in there in my STR documents.
I am patiently waiting for this claim to complete and see if they fix it themselves, but if not, could this be a CUE claim?
I have had 3 RO CUE claims already go in favor of me over the past 5 years.
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"am patiently waiting for this claim to complete and see if they fix it themselves, but if not, could this be a CUE claim? " "I submitted a re-open claim for both in 2014, went to a VA audiolog
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If you just won. why would you wait for it to be over and file a CUE? That makes no sense. You file a NOD for an earlier effective date based on the EOR. Once the claim is granted, it is malleable. Yo
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"On the original denial, they stated that I never had hearing loss or tinnitus claims in my Service record, but if you look at my STR is with my C-file it is all there (I think the private doctor didn
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