My hubby claim was recently denied for tinnitus. The rater wrote in her notes ' least likely to have happened in service.'
She didn't say anything in her notes about what my husband told her about how he was airborne for many years and jumped out of airplanes. How the noise and ringing from the helicopters clearly was a contributing factor. She never mentioned buddy or statement of case he turned in. His mos was admin (71lima) but the things he did under the umbrella of the mos (air assault, air borne jumper, generator operator) seemed to have fallen on deaf ears. My husband said she was very nice to him and he really thought she liked him and that the exam was going in his favor. He also got one of them hearing audio pillows. I told him she played him. and the truth is this is happening more and more each day. We are vets and they are just treating us like ish! Denying us and making us jump through hoops for 10 percent but paying the next vet $100k in back pay because of the hurry-up-and-wait concept. I'm sooooo freakin mad!
Problem I'm having now is the va reduced my husband from 70% to 60% due to a rating calculations error. So, by dropping us to 60% next year we won't qualify for the Illinois state property tax exemption. Which is why we tried to go for tinnitus and get 10%. So that means next year if we don't find a way to get back up to 70% then that's $1400 dollars added back on to our mortgage. I'm just sick with worry right now. My husband over there sleeping like a baby but I'll be up all night. These rates can really ruin your life. Now I know why vets go postal! ??
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My hubby claim was recently denied for tinnitus. The rater wrote in her notes ' least likely to have happened in service.'
She didn't say anything in her notes about what my husband told her about how he was airborne for many years and jumped out of airplanes. How the noise and ringing from the helicopters clearly was a contributing factor. She never mentioned buddy or statement of case he turned in. His mos was admin (71lima) but the things he did under the umbrella of the mos (air assault, air borne jumper, generator operator) seemed to have fallen on deaf ears. My husband said she was very nice to him and he really thought she liked him and that the exam was going in his favor. He also got one of them hearing audio pillows. I told him she played him. and the truth is this is happening more and more each day. We are vets and they are just treating us like ish! Denying us and making us jump through hoops for 10 percent but paying the next vet $100k in back pay because of the hurry-up-and-wait concept. I'm sooooo freakin mad!
Problem I'm having now is the va reduced my husband from 70% to 60% due to a rating calculations error. So, by dropping us to 60% next year we won't qualify for the Illinois state property tax exemption. Which is why we tried to go for tinnitus and get 10%. So that means next year if we don't find a way to get back up to 70% then that's $1400 dollars added back on to our mortgage. I'm just sick with worry right now. My husband over there sleeping like a baby but I'll be up all night. These rates can really ruin your life. Now I know why vets go postal! ??
Signed, flatlined
Thadine Q.
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Okichewy1
This sounds exactly like my case. I went to a C&P exam with a contract doctor, he never wrote anything about my MOS and what I did in the Marines, VA denied the tinnitus claim. Finally reopened
Buck52
NOD the decision and have your hubby to go to a private specialist ENT Dr and have them to conduct a hearing test and Maryland word discrimination test using the VA Guidelines found here on hadit an
SergeantQ
Okay. I accept your apology and apologize as well. (Me breathing deep 1, 2, 3) It's misdirected anger on my part - you have a right to your opinion. I'm sorry - I'm just so frustrated that's all. Want
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