Occam said:That's correct. Hearing loss and tinnitus are separately pensionable conditions.
Spectrum said:Great, thanks! As for proving it's service related, does one basically have to have been in the artillery or constant firefights before they believe it? The military is definitely the only place I've been exposed to really loud things (not to mention lots of repetitive noises...) And my hearing was perfectly fine when I joined (once the guy actually did the test correctly...) whereas my most recent audiogram indicates otherwise.
VAC strikes me as an insurance company, I assume it will be hard to prove my case.
mrcpu said:I was in the reserves 20 years ago and specifically remember a couple instances that I'm sure caused hearing damage but they were undocumented.
Today I suffer from tinnitus and my hearing is getting worse.
Would it be fair to assume I'd be wasting my time trying to get VAC to pay for hearing aids?
mrcpu said:I was infantry and my secondary trade was 81 mm mortar. I recently got my service record to join the Legion and it contains some medical history but since I never went to try MIR for anything related I'm probably SOL.
(I'll talk to the Legion as well since they seem to have people who help navigate this stuff. )
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Thanks for the info! While I was only in the PRES for 5 years I firmly believe my hearing was damaged by it. I will definitely try at least to see where things go.Old Sweat said:My two claims were successful without any official documentation from my records. I touched on my service in the artillery, including the small arms, machine guns and various artillery equipment I had fired. This included an estimate of the amount of artillery ammunition that went downrange from gun positions I was on. I also discussed riding in tracked and wheeled vehicles with a high degree of engine noise and track noise as well as operating radios. I also discussed flying in fixed and rotary-winged aircraft, both while parachuting and while being transported tactically and on deployments to Norway.
This may not apply to you, but I mentioned how in my first ten years of service, any attempt to protect one's hearing was considered unmanly.
Occam said:That's correct. Hearing loss and tinnitus are separately pensionable conditions.
Eland2 said:This is correct.
Occam said:I know it's correct. I'm currently receiving a pension for tinnitus and hearing loss as separately pensionable conditions.