![]() Submitting any personal information or contact with Blue Cord Patriots, LLC neither creates a legally binding contract, nor does it secure an attorney-client relationship. Blue Cord Patriots, LLC does not offer legal or medical advice, and any information on this Website is not to be considered as such. Blue Cord Patriots, LLC, its affiliates, heirs and assigns, are NOT an accredited agent, Veterans Service Officers (VSO’s), attorneys, and are not affiliated with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in any way. Its core purpose is to better direct veterans to pertinent resources in order to prepare, prosecute and present their own case. Information Purposes Only! Blue Cord Patriots, LLC consists of veterans educating veterans on independently navigating the eccentricities of the Veteran’s benefits process. >FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TINNITUS LAY STATEMENTS, CLICK HERE>FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TINNITUS VA RATINGS, CLICK HERE<< United States Army It is important to have this information to ensure you have a good C&P examination. Therefore, it is always a good idea to outline the noise exposures you were exposed to in your lay statement. The veteran still must establish enough evidence for the C&P examiner to evaluate and make a medical opinion. Just because you are in the moderate or high levels of probability does NOT mean you are going to be awarded Tinnitus. Every Infantry MOS listed on the DMOSNEL shows “high probability” for the Infantry. Therefore, you can quickly surmise this MOS should fall into Infantry. However, in the army any 11 Series is an Infantry MOS. Therefore, if you had a MOS that is not displayed on this list, you will have to translate it.įor instance, in the Army, there used to be a 11M MOS for an Army Fighting Vehicle Infantryman. ![]() This list is not an exhaustive list of all MOSs and specialty codes from the history of the Armed Services. Additionally, the veteran’s duty position should also be provided to the examiner. When the C&P examination of the request is fulfilled, the VA must tell the examiner that you fit the two higher levels of probability in the body of the C&P exam request. Therefore, in the event you are on the “Highly Probable” or “Moderate” list, the VA has to provide a VA C&P examination to provide an opinion and medical nexus. In a typical claim, you would also require an event or aggravation of an in-service event. ![]() A Favorable Nexus tying the diagnosis to the event.There are still two requirements to establish service connection: This does not mean that this is a presumptive condition. Meaning they will acknowledge an event occurred, and this does not have to be proven in your in-service treatment records. If either highly or moderate probability is associated to the MOS or specialty code, then the VA will concede the event. When the DMOSNEL is used, the probability of hazardous noise exposure will be considered based on the following probability: The Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing (DMOSNEL) will also be considered to establish the in-service illness, injury or event. The biggest issue is that there is often no documented evidence. records documenting an event, injury, disease, or symptoms of a disease potentially related to an audiological disability. ![]() Other acceptable items for this evidence is.Evidence of hearing loss and/or tinnitus while serving.This can include lay evidence (Provided by the veteran on VA Form 21-4138).Sufficient evidence of a current hearing disability.The letter stated that when a hearing loss and/or tinnitus claim is received, the rater must review the claim for the following items: On September 2, 2010, the Department of Veterans Affairs release this guidance to include logic behind the Tinnitus rating decisions. The Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing attempts to standardize the processing of hearing loss and tinnitus claims. The Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing compiles all the Department of Defense-verified lists of military occupational specialties (MOSs) corresponding probability of hazardous noise exposure. The Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing is a VA rating job aid for assisting in determinations for service connection of hearing loss and/or tinnitus.
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