![]() ![]() If the duty position is shown to have a “Highly Probable” or “Moderate” probability of exposure to hazardous noise, exposure to such noise will be conceded for purposes of establishing the in-service event. Based on the Veteran’s records, each duty MOS, Air Force Specialty Code, rating, or duty assignment documented will be reviewed for a determination as to the probability of exposure to hazardous noise on the Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing. If there is no documented evidence of an in-service illness, injury, or event with which the claimed conditions could be associated, the Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing will be considered. ![]() Potentially related to an audiological disability. Records documenting an event, injury, disease, or symptoms of a disease Ğvidence of hearing loss and/or tinnitus in service or Sufficient evidence of a current disability (including lay evidence) and Consequently, a Veteran’s testimony regarding hearing loss and/or tinnitus is sufficient to serve as evidence that the disability(ies) currently exists.Įffective immediately, when a claim for hearing loss and/or tinnitus is received, the decision maker must review the claim for: 1996).Ī Veteran is competent to report symptoms of hearing loss and/or tinnitus as a disability because symptoms of hearing loss and tinnitus are capable of lay observation. The Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing is available at (The link does not work, see below for the listing, this is for US Army Only)ĭirect service connection may not be granted without medical evidence of a current disability medical or, in certain circumstances, lay evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury and medical evidence of a nexus between the claimed in-service disease or injury and the present disease or injury. Use of a single listing of duty position and probability of exposure to hazardous noise will help to standardize processing of these claims.Įach branch of the Armed Services has reviewed and endorsed lists of military occupational specialties and the corresponding probability of hazardous noise exposure related to an individual’s occupational specialty. The Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing is a compilation of Department of Defense-verified lists of military occupational specialties (MOSs) and the corresponding probability of hazardous noise exposure. This letter introduces the Duty MOS Noise Exposure Listing, a rating job aid for determinations regarding service connection of hearing loss and/or tinnitus. SUBJECT: Modifying the Development Process in Claims for Hearing Loss and/or Tinnitus All VA Regional Offices Fast Letter 10-35 ![]()
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