https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/04/uk-judge-violist-can-pursue-hearing-loss-claim-over-loud-wagner-rendition/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:16:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/04/uk-judge-violist-can-pursue-hearing-loss-claim-over-loud-wagner-rendition/comment-page-1/#comment-348399 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:16:24 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=69798#comment-348399 Just for perspective, the US military went through this problem back in the 80s and I’m sure the UK military has also. So many service members were claiming disability for hearing loss that it was getting out of hand. That’s a disability that’s easy to fake and/or exaggerate, but regardless if the claims were real or not, they were skyrocketing as word spread about how easy it was to claim. That started a push in the services to issue earplugs to everyone (in some places, it even became part of the uniform). Now it’s very difficult to get VA compensation for hearing loss. Their reasoning is “we gave you hearing protection, we ordered you to wear it, so barring extraordinary circumstances, any hearing loss is your own fault” (I’m paraphrasing).

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