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Late_Sink_1576 OP t1_jeavhlk wrote

Reply to comment by geauxtigers77 in Veteran Hearing Loss [OC] by Late_Sink_1576

My dude, KEEP YOUR RECORDS! You can appeal a VA rating decision within a year of it’s posted date. Compensation will backdate to the date of initial rating instead of the date of appeal if your rating is increased.

Also, it’s an absolutely pain in ye’ ol’ donk-oh-donk, but go through the process of setting up your access to ebenefits and iPERMS. You can access a lot of records there the vVA won’t bother to include in your case

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Late_Sink_1576 OP t1_jeaslwl wrote

Reply to comment by Flowchart83 in Veteran Hearing Loss [OC] by Late_Sink_1576

Yeah, I was given an H-3 hearing profile shortly after returning from deployment, but never given a follow up because I was being chaptered. All of my VA numbers seemed suspiciously close to the cutoff threshold for compensation.

I’m not saying the VA lied, but I’m not saying I trust them either.

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NeverrSummer t1_jeaojtj wrote

Reply to comment by Volcic-tentacles in Adult Obesity Prevalence Nearly Matches Heart Disease Deaths [OC] by orgborger

Not really. Denver, Seattle, and New York on that chart are all areas of very high population density with very low heart disease and obesity rates relative to much smaller cities in the Southeast.

There are clear cultural/regional trends here beyond just the fact that denser urban populations tend to be fatter on average, although that is true as well.

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tonysansan t1_jeafj59 wrote

Reply to comment by eagle_565 in Veteran Hearing Loss [OC] by Late_Sink_1576

Two points here. First, 0 dB is the reference level of sound, in this case the threshold of hearing. This typically corresponds to a sound pressure of 0.00002 Pa, which is a very faint sound. Second, to read an audiogram, the y-axis is the softest sound heard at least 50% of the time.

So the data point at 3000 Hz of 40 dB is not a negative value. It means that a tone at 3000 Hz has to be at least 40 dB loud (about the level of a refrigerator humming) for him to hear it.

What you don’t see in a simple audiogram is that quality of life is not just about picking out tones. When the higher frequencies over the range used in speech drop out like this, it becomes harder to understand and pick out words in conversation.

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