I've had tinnitus for years; VA diagnosed it as related to Vietnam and being a radio operator and gives me 10%. The bad is that it's always there though not overwhelming and is not too difficult to live with. The good thing is I can check my heart rate without a device or putting finger on artery. It does not effect the hearing. Apparently there are many varieties.
Don't tell VA but I'm not at all sure it comes from Vietnam...twin brother who served there at the same time, was a special force radio operator (11B4S) like me, was in as many firefights though not as many helicopter inserts, doesn't have it. Someday they'll get a handle on it. I don't feel guilty taking the 10% because they denied clear Agent Orange stuff....the jungle west of Ben Het to the tri-border area and over into Laos to the junction of highway 110 and 96 was a mercury induced waste-land.
Last edited by Argo44; 10/28/20 10:25 PM.
