KEVLAR HELMET and neck problems

[63SIERRA]

has anyone ever filed and won a claim for neck problems due to long term use of the heavy kevlar helmets being used nowdays,.

I have lots of neck issues and sometimes wonder if the long term wearing of an extra large kevlar helmet took its toll on my neck.

While being deployed during the desert storm/shield campaign,  we wore the helmets almost constantly for the entire 5.5 months we were there. only taken off while in the tent to sleep/shower/ ect. That adds up to ALOT of hours   ac cumulatively wearing an ill fitting heavy object on your head.

[Vync]

It makes sense, but you'll probably need to get a strong nexus from a spine specialist. It might be worth digging through your medical records to locate any visits to the med shed for neck issues during that time.

Every time I see soldiers in the news, it seems they have added more and more gadgets and gear to the kevlar. In my opinion, our neck vertebrae are small and likely were not intended to be load bearing for much weight aside from our head.