Mouthpiece Bobster forwards me these intriguing vignettes of Real Men.
A Marine he represents from the 1st Marine Ret., 1st Marine Division, who survived the Battle of Okinawa as a BAR man in 1945 just got his TDIU. (sixtyeight years later)
A member of a WW2 B-24 bomber crew he represents just got his TDIU. ( sixtyeight years later)
A Navy seaplane aviator he represents who waded in the water at Nagasaki two months after the bomb was dropped just got VA to admit that
A) Nagasaki ground zero is 19.4 miles from the Sasebo seaplane moorings
B) That he was there (twice)
C) That the inland sea outlet is adjacent to Sasebo so he was wading neck deep in water full of radioactive ash washed out of Nagasaki.
But, they just denied his PTSD increase from 50% because it just was not bad enough. Yes, he rode across ground zero. Yes he lost half of his vocal cords to thyroid cancer 20 years later. Just one hell of a coincidence according to vA. (sixtyeight years later)
Nagasaki- Fall, 1945 after the leaves have fallen?
A Merrill’s Marauder Ranger he represents is stuck at 50% PTSD. His CUE motion for hearing loss will surely fail. He only has 3 eyewitness letters about bleeding from the ears after a Jap air raid that killed some of his buddies. (sixtyeight years later)
Bob says:
Most attorneys will not rep the terminally ill and the elderly. You lose a lot of time and $ that way. Since Congress will not repeal the VA death tax (you die, your claim dies with you) it is a long shot.
In Social Security land, where they have due process and some fairness, the probate estate can complete the adjudication and get the benefits for the family. One moronic congressional aid stated that “ since the veteran is divorced he has no heirs so the claim should be closed”. Oh, 4 children, 6 grandchildren, two surviving brothers but no “heirs”. Here is a guy who flunked his wills and trusts course in law school.
REPEAL the VA death tax. I bet the cheap denials and delays meant to last until a sick or old vet dies will decrease.
Editor’s note:
And I hear VSOs pooh-pooh the idea that vA employs the “Delay. Deny. Until they die” theorem. If that were true, it wouldn’t be mentioned so frequently and commented on.
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Bethanie Spangenberg
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robinhoodesqvetsatty
Wesley McCauley
Veterans Claims Help 
OSHA has good hearing loss info. Most hearing loss is not age-related. It’s exposure to high decibels.
“Noise-induced hearing loss can be temporary or permanent. Temporary hearing loss results from short-term exposures to noise, with normal hearing returning after period of rest. Generally, prolonged exposure to high noise levels over a period of time gradually causes permanent damage.” The key word here is “gradually.”
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3074/osha3074.html
Even today, the DOD knows its ear personal protection equipment is not up to par and causing hearing loss. I guess they go cheap with PPE so they can go to Disney World for training.