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Request help with Tinnitus Appeal

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I received my VA disability rating decision on 10/23/2017 and here is the denial for my Tinnitus claim:

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When I initially submitted my claim, I did not seek help organizing my evidence (which was a huge mistake on my part) and I didn't submit any supporting evidence of this tinnitus claim. But now thanks to the help of this forum, I realize I need to make sure my appeal is good to go before submitting.

I was flight crew in the Navy and I remember complaining several times while on active duty during my annual physicals about ringing in my ears. I have been looking through my medical records to try and see if this was documented at all and I found "tinnitus" in the remarks section of one of my annual hearing tests on 7/13/2017:

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In your opinion, does this support my claim that tinnitus WAS diagnosed while on active duty and is a direct result of my service? Also, would you recommend I submit any additional evidence to support my claim, such as lay evidence and/or a more current diagnosis from my doctor listing my symptoms?

What would be the best way to approach appealing this? Can I call my regional office and send this to them and ask that they reconsider? Thanks for all of your help!

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This BVA decision shows what I mean:

https://www.va.gov/vetapp17/files7/1742806.txt

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Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.

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I was Naval Aviation and did not wear ear plugs 90% of the time very easy to get Tinnitus especially around F18s and Prowlers, lol. Sorry to hear of your issues bud. Please keep us posted and God Bless

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