In 2000, I left the service after 23 years as an armourer. In 1982 I was told I had lost part of my hearing (11% if I remember correctly) due to noise. Last year ( October 2014) I lodged a claim for a payment under the War Pensions Scheme for compensation for that damage. In December last year I had a letter from SPVA telling me I might need to have a medical. Today I get a letter saying I won't get anything because my hearing loss is "less than 1%" and "my disablement has been certified as nil". This is without ever seeing a doctor and never been assessed! I will appeal but does anyone have any experience of this type of claim?
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Pension claim - noise induced hearing loss.
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Pension Claim - Noise induced hearing loss
Pension Claim - Noise induced hearing loss
Go to your GP and ask to be referred to Specsavers for NHS Hearing Aids. The audiologist will give you copies of your hearing test for submission to the Veterans Agency. Did you fire rifles without eardefenders as they were not available? If you haven't had a test how do they know what your hearing loss is? If you come up against a brick-wall copy your letters to your MP - Government Departments flag correspondence when an MP is involved.
NHS hearing aids are much better than private; they are free including the batteries. Good luck with your claim.
Pension Claim - Noise induced hearing loss
Go to your GP and ask to be referred to Specsavers for NHS Hearing Aids. The audiologist will give you copies of your hearing test for submission to the Veterans Agency. Did you fire rifles without eardefenders as they were not available? If you haven't had a test how do they know what your hearing loss is? If you come up against a brick-wall copy your letters to your MP - Government Departments flag correspondence when an MP is involved.
NHS hearing aids are much better than private; they are free including the batteries. Good luck with your claim.
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I tried the same, as an ex mtd I had spent a lot of time on flight lines and was actually removed from them as my hearing had gone down on hearing conservation checks to where I had lost most of my hearing in all the high pitches.
i also spent a lot of time towing victors and Vulcans wearing the radio headsets that whined, sometimes upto 5 hours on compass swings. I also have scarring on my left eardrum where it was punctured.
i had the same reply from them after a check by Atos in 2010 I left in 2005. Saying it was down to age and not my service basically.
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From what I was told it was hard to get a hearing claim through because the loss has to significant, as we all lose our hearing with age, the hearing loss is compared with the same standard of hearing of other people your age, not the hearing you had when you joined up.
All WP claims are assessed in this way, whether it's your knees, hips or general mobility, the comparator is a similar person without the disability, not a young fit person otherwise we'll all be quids in.
All WP claims are assessed in this way, whether it's your knees, hips or general mobility, the comparator is a similar person without the disability, not a young fit person otherwise we'll all be quids in.
Pension Claim - Noise induced hearing loss.
Pension Claim - Noise induced hearing loss.
May I suggest when you have the information you contact either RAFA or Royal British Legion they both have Medical Experts who will not be fobbed off by the Veterans Agency.
Pension Claim - Noise induced hearing loss.
May I suggest when you have the information you contact either RAFA or Royal British Legion they both have Medical Experts who will not be fobbed off by the Veterans Agency.