Turn Your 10% Tinnitus Rating Into A 90% VA Disability Rating!
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Oh Tinnitus...Such an annoying disability with such a low percentage (10%) granted if the VA grants you service connection. I've had Veterans tell me "Why should I even submit a claim for it if it is only worth 10%?" My answer is ALWAYS secondary service connection..
Let me explain. Almost every single VA Disability has the ability to cause or make other disabilities worse. Tinnitus is no different. In fact, the two most common Secondary VA Disabilities that are caused or made worse by Tinnitus are Migraines and Anxiety. The nice thing about these claims is that they are considered "High Value"... This is any claim that has the ability to be granted a 30% or more rating on its own.
If you are wondering how you can take your measly 10% Tinnitus rating and turn it into 70% or even 90% then watch this quick video and take some notes!
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If you're visiting for the first time I'd like to welcome you to For The Corps. I understand first hand how difficult transitioning out of the Military is. I left active duty in 2014 and walked away with a measly 20% Disability Rating. At the time I was happy with a little extra cash. Year after year my conditions that I never got looked at while on active duty started to worsen, my mental health severely declined and my marriage was hanging on by a thread which later ended altogether. I was lost and considered taking my own life many times. I didn't understand what the hell was happening to me.
About 6 years after I'd gotten out of the military I checked myself in to the VA for a mental health evaluation. I was at the end of my rope. I decided to start taking action and getting the help I'd needed for so long. On this journey I met some other Veterans that literally took me under their wings. They educated me on the VA Disability Claims process and encouraged me to file for more claims. I ended up going from 20%-80%. This was life changing because not only was I receiving the help that I'd needed from the VA, but I was not scraping by paycheck to paycheck.
It is my MISSION to assist and help other Veterans and active duty service members as they transition out as well! For The Corps is my attempt at creating the resource I wish I had when I left the military!
Semper Fidelis to all of my brothers and sisters from all branches.
Tony (Sergeant, Marine Corps Veteran)
For The Corps
I’m a gulf war veteran. For the last year I’ve been SC 10% tinnitus & 10% migraines. Today I found out I’ve been granted 70% PTSD & 50% sleep apnea. Combined rating 90%!!!!🎉🎉 happiest day of my life don’t give up fellow veterans.
I'm already going to percent for my tinnitus oh, I have secondary conditions. I talked to the DAV service officer in Houston he told me to make an appointment with the VA in Houston Texas I am waiting for them to schedule me appointment. I'm in the process of filing my claim for secondary conditions for tinnitus. I wish all my fellow veterans the best of luck when applying for VA benefits
I had a lousy CMP. My examiner. For my claim for headache/migraine secondary to tinnitus, she scheduled me a review CMP exam for tinnitus. I was rated for tinnitus in 2007. I showed her my headache/migraines have been active since 2005 while in the military. I retired in 2007. Confirmed and active by VA. I informed VA. The only information they gave. I need to make the appointment if not my claim will be denied. Thanks a lot, LHI West Houston. You make have change your name. But your tactics have not changed (Optum Serve).
Medical evidence. Current diagnosis and a nexus/your statement, and then explain your symptoms and duration, and severity. This applies to all claims you file
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Detail social/economic impact to explain the severity of each as that is what rating amount/awards are tied to in CFR 38
Dude never blinks!
I’ll work on that 😂
@@ForTheCorps just sayin!🤷♂️
Marines might not always duck, but we always see it coming.
You can even turn it into 100% P&T... I did it this way... all on secondaries to Tinnitus
What did you claim secondary to tinnitus to get to 100%?
@@cutthecorner7007 Tinnitus @ 10%: Secondaries = Mental Health @ 70%, Migraines @ 50%, OSA @ 50% and GERD @ 30%
@@robertbagley403 Awesome! Was the MH Depression/Anxiety? Also, was connecting the OSA to MH easy? TIA
@@cutthecorner7007 Yes..MH was diagnosed with Depression/Anxiety and OSA wasn't that hard to connect...I just complained to my Primary Care VA doctor...requested an in-home sleep study kit and it showed up two days later.. wore the device for two nights and sent it back in the postage-paid pre-addressed packet and waited about a week for results. Went over the results with my VA primary care and then a C-PAP was requested/issued. From there you just need a nexus statement to connect OSA to tinnitus or migraines if you have a secondary for it and it's a 100% slam dunk @ 50% rating per CFR 38.
Ugh the VA is making me do a sleep study through cc so it will take forever. I wish I could do the in home study
I Fuccin appreciate you. Thank you for your service
It’s ringing in the ring ears, it’s constant. I worked at a Army airfield for a helicopter company and we didn’t always hearing protection. I have problems with mental illness because of the constant noise, and the Va doesn’t give a flying f
Get in touch with your County VA Advocateas,well as the State American Legion Advocate
Get a attorney
When I rated in 2010 for hearing, I received 40% for hearing and 10 % for Tinnitus, 50% total. About 2020 VA took the 10% for Tinnitus off. I was a Combat Engineer in Vietnam , what gives>
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Supply guys don't count. 😂 At least that's what I am told. Don't mind me in the warehouse with the loud fork lifts, or when I gotta convoy in the truck or fly in the mighty c130s or C17s.
That might be why they are denying me (SUPPO). I’ve been dealing with this crap since I returned from Afghanistan on R & R and had no idea what it was until my VSO told me. It’s annoying as all get up. I think most if it came from spending so much time on the range with those sorry ear plugs, and we lived and worked in cans so there were big generators everywhere.
I am so tired of fighting it and asking for help.
Get that C file for your medical, they keep perking mine around!
Good info , thanks
Semper Fi
Thank you from Chicago
My neck of the woods!
Thanks you are great brother
This is exactly why they made it harder to get
I have a question and if anyone can give me advise Id appreciate it. The VA through Optum Serve is sending me for a 2nd Vertigo C & P test/exam in a few weeks. The test theyre sending me to is a MRG exam place . Does anyone know what this entails ? I think an MRG is similar to an MRI but Im not sure.
I need help a veteran that has been denied please!! And thank you.
Go to your local VFW.
I think I have insomnia from my tinnitus. I got diagnosed with sleep apnea last year and my snoring has stopped pretty much but sleeping about the same.. have you heard of this?
So you can claim secondary condition of anxiety and migraines to Tinnitus at same time???
Thanks for the info brotha
Thank you Gunny
Diagnosed during my active duty in 1990, I retired in 1998 I got 10% for Tinnitus, 6 months ago I was denied for anxiety due to a lousy C&P it is now in HLR The examiner during C&P wrote down stuff I did not say. Mentioned to the examiner during the 12-hour daily missions I was on I was always briefed on how China would be watching our mission and have missiles aimed at our aircraft. He stated I said Turkey. Significant difference. So now my HLR is in review still, after 4 months, I assume even though it says denied on a letter that was sent to me.
I was diagnosed with tinnitus(10% service related) and also have anxiety.
@@Mutlapand.....
I have had 10% service related tinnitus since diagnosis in 1998. I just found out about secondary claims and probably have 3 or 4 to submit. Do I submit one at a time or all at once?
claims will turn around much faster if they are submitted 1 at a time. Raters are notorious for getting everything mixed up and delayed by combining everything into one claim (Duty to Assist). Start with your highest valued claim first such as Mental Health or Migraines. Getting on base at the 50@ level or greater places you in Tier 1 for VA Health Care. Sign up for it ASAP if you haven't already, request a primary care appointment, and establish a relationship with your VA primary care doctor. Do the same for mental health if you need it... Everything that is discussed including any chats you have in MyHealthyVet becomes evidence and part of your VA BlueButton medical record.
I didn't get squat for my tinnitus!
Appreciate the video
It causes you to have Hearing loss
Gimme that free money. Gimme that free Money!!!
Minears disease
I have Chronic Tinnitus and one of the secondary chronic medical problems that I have been suffering from is that it causes me too many hard ons were I need to date a females that is always wet and with big nipples sticking out!
Excellent
If I already have a PTSD rating could anxiety fall under my Tinnitus?
PTSD and anxiety all fall under the mental health umbrella. You cannot be rated for both unfortunately
@@ForTheCorps that's what I thought. I got migraines though!
@@ForTheCorps .. VA won't piramid.
Can I get a rating if I’m out of the military?
My sister’s Meniere disease was complicated with so many symptoms like vertigo or dizziness, feeling of fullness in the ear or ringing, hearing loss, imbalance, motion sickness, nausea, or nystagmus and I had to gave her Dr Madida herbs from RUclips recommendation and after she using the medicine, she was with me last month telling me that she is cured completely and don’t longer experience any of the symptoms anymore.
I never made it out of basic training and I have 10% ringing in my ears! I'm going for 90% and stop other wise I will have to pay my rent and medicaid?
This is highly unlikely unfortunately. Years later after serving, my migraine claim was denied but I'm service connected for tinnitus. I had more evidence for migraines then I ever did with tinnitus. I did have different examiners for both
You probably didn’t have a proper nexus connecting the migraines to your tinnitus
@@ForTheCorps no I didn't
Keep at it, brother. Download a DBQ template for migraines.. set up a local appointment with a migraine specialist/neurologist and plead with some sympathy for them to filli it out. Emphasize the need to frequently lay down / so that they check the Prostrating Box on the DBQ. As this will count as a local attending physician/specialist and not a telehealth appointment, the VA will give it greater weight and service connect you at 50%. They stated this right in my award letter. I was initially service connected at 30% and then I backed the VA rater in the corner by submitting a supplemental claim with this signed DBQ from my local treating specialist which is what brought me across the finish line to 100 P&T.
Sorry for my ignorance, but where can I find a dbq form for migraines?
@@traciebarthel3319 normally all DBQ forms are here: www.benefits.va.gov/COMPENSATION/dbq_ListByDBQFormName.asp but it's currently under maintenance... but you can get them from a few other places as well: cck-law.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Headaches-DBQ.pdf
How do I get a nexus letter if I’m trying to file a BDD claim and currently on active duty and my primary care provider is my command medical?
U don’t need one file go to ctmc get everything documented u will be service connected for everything also to note anything claimed with a year of separation Is always deemed service connected
@@NOCallerID00 oh ok gotcha. What is CTMC?
Semper Fi, 72-76
I have a question. Lets say I did everything you said, got all my diagnosis and then I was given medication and my symtpons went away or slowed down alot, when I talk about what bothers me about it, do I tell them how it used to be without medication or how the symptons are now?
If it helps that good, I never have meds help me 100% , maybe 20% to 40% help which makes it livable! That's what you want! Have your dr do the DBQ, if you don't have a doc that can do a nexus and a DBQ, hit me up, he works by phone and takes insurance and workout a payment program?
I'm in Bradenton FL
@@user-kx8hb9yy9show can I reach you to get this info?
i have 10% for tinnitus and anxiety but im at 80% because of my back both my back and tinnitus are service connected but now i have lost all hearing in my right ear what can i do to get my tinnitus rating raised a vso appointment is out of the question i live in las vegas and ive tried going with a vso but their no help
I went to the VSO on TIN St in Henderson to file for a few things. I filed online using Form 20-0995 which I listed Hearing under the Specific Issues--They are sending me to a Community Care Provider an Audio Dr at SW Medical Center on Lake Mead in Henderson-It took them 3 months to set up the appointment. The other form needed will be Form 21-4138 on which you will be able to write out a statement on Section ll : Remarks Hope this helps you out
10% is the highest you can get for tinnitus
Yes it is but you can try to file for hearing loss is what I was try to say@@Dwe1964
I have been doing a lot of reading from VA publications. I found that there are other types of tinnitus than ringing in ears.
Have you heard a pulse or wooshing sound in your ears. These are also tinnitus. These sounds usually come from repeated ear infections.
Until tonight i did not know that. The "pulsatile" tinnitus is a disability and falls under tinitis.
I have been reviewing my military medical records and founnd that I was treated three separate ocasions for ear infections. I get a sound in my ears that sounds like my heart beat. I didn't think it was related until I looked it up under ear infections and va ratings.
Everyone pretty much knows abou the obvious ringing but there are other type of tinnitus caused by sinusitis, ear infections and related ENT conditions.
High blood pressure can also cause this.
Please research this as I may not be explaining it enough. I still have to research it more myself to fully understand.
I just remember a really bad ear infection that had blood and pus spontaneously draining out of my ear while in the Navy. I would have two other infections. I get the pulsatile tinnitus.
gotta ask: I been advised by a nexus team to not file secondary symptoms until I submit my claim first - they said if the VA messes up the paperwork they can out your secondary sympotms as your primary. I am not subscribing to this. If you got bad tinnitus your gonna have balance issues, anxitey and migraines why not just file those secondary the first time
You don"t have a primary established to which you can file a secondary against.
@@hubertashley1712 so would that mean file once to get primary established than file agian for secondary? It just seems like a very long and convulted process.
@Victor Warner this is exactly what it means. It can be a long, frustrating process 😤 You can reference the 38 CFR to confirm this information. Best wishes and don't give up!
@Justin Gonzalez I gotta hit you back a little. I have just about everything documented that needs to be on there. Mental health x sleep apnea x car accident x etc. Your first-time fillers are not gonna know everything how could they. I am doing as much self-education as I can. Intent to file started several months ago. This is the internet. Unless you really know someone the context of their situation eludes You. I don't mean any disrespect but when I see comments like yours sometimes reminds me of the disconnect people have with each other. I am also in the guard so getting things on medical records takes a few extra steps. I am sure you mean well and I very much understand and appreciate the strategy in accumulation and readiness.
What form do I file for a secondary claim? Currently 10% tinnitus but filing secondary related to anxiety
Just go to a vso I tried to do mine and failed went to the vso got it done in 5 minutes went from 10 to 90 last month blew my mind
@@blbmuzicearpleasure3884 thank you!
are the VSO's on our side?
@@blbmuzicearpleasure3884
@blbmuzicearpleasure3884 Wow what evidence did you have for your anxiety, claim.
Semper fi
I'm rated for PTSD can I still file anxiety as a secondary to either Tinnitus or PTSD? I do have a diagnosis for anxiety through the VA hospital.
anxiety and or depression, insomnia all fall under the mental health along with ptsd, they will not give you separate ratings on all of them, its all lumped in together. that would be pyramiding. If you have Tinnitus you can file a secondary claim for Migraines. these 2 go hand in hand. also something that is worth noting, if you fought in iraq or Afghanistan or gulf war era, check out the pact act presumptive conditions. chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis both fall under this, if you were around and in burn pits you will be automatically service connected for any of the presumptive conditions. I am at 30% chronic sinusitis which i tied my migraines to all of this and was awarded 50% on migraines.
I think you have to have a diagnosis before you will get any rating?
NO....PTSD and anxiety is all mental health. Thats one rating and cant pyramid.
not sure if this will make sense, ive been rated for osa 50%, anxiety/depression 50%, tension headaches (claimed as migraines)0%, tinnitus 10% etc all separate from each other .. is it possible to go back lets say to tinnitus and add migraines as a secondary or doesn't make a difference? also im looking into claiming insomnia which would you think that should be secondary to? @@GregoryStrasser
How do you specify that migraines are secondary to tinnitus when it's filed?
I have 10% tinnitus and 0% hearing loss. Both ARE service connected!
When you file your claim for migraines on Va website, it’s going to ask “ if it’s cause by another condition “, you say yes, then it will allow you to choose “ tinnitus “ or whatever you already have connected already.