I really do need your assistance. i have a problem with the VA. they are refusing to recognize the fact that sailors while working around loud shipboard machinery and aircraft carriers, air bases, and some specifc gun fire, are not worthy of being called disabled....i am trying to share information with anyone who has a hearing impairment and tinnitus they aquired on from their time on active duty. i can be contacted as follows: E-Mail papagils@aol.com, or at 775-867-4984, free verizon calls with another verizon subscriber. 775-781-6171. i know i just joined the organization, but need your help. i also asked the put an ad in VFW, and DAV. .. call me..AMHC Gil M. Lopez, (USN-RET.)
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  • John, Please contact me on my email. I'll be glad to help as much as I can.
  • Doug, mind if I send you an email about trying for my hearing disability? Sent one to Gilbert 2wks ago, haven't heard anything from him…..D. John Maddalena
  • Gilbert, I served on three carriers. On the Coral Sea, my office was in the starbard front sponson, next to Cat #1. I have been issued Hearing aids while in service and have recieved disability from the VA. Contact me if you need more info. vansycwd@att.net
  • john, e-mail me or call me....the answer is most likely yes ,yes,yes. my e-mail is papagils@aol.com.....or phone is 775-867-4984, if you have verizon cell it is free...775-781-6171. i live in fallon nevada, ouside of reno, north of vegas..
  • Gilbert, I spent 3 yrs on the flight deck of the USS Lexington, have been just diagnosed with sever hearing loss and tinnitus. Have been told to put in for my disability, have not done so yet. The VA gave me a set of hearing aides though. I was an ABHAN on the end of the angle deck, subjected to after burner noise day in and day out 18-20 hrs a day. We were out of P'cola, carrier qualifying Navy and Marine pilots to send to 'Nam '69-'73. am I looking forward to a hard time getting a disability?
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