I waited for over 50 years to make a claim for my ruined hearing. Sent me to a contractor to test, and a few months later got 50% . Shocked me, as I had ignored people telling me to make the claim for decades.
Tinnitius progressed to serious hearing loss at this point in life.
Knew i had it when I tried for the LA Fire Dept and passed everything but the physical for hearing loss. Did not even think it was all that bad to even notice.
I’m missing all hearing at a certain frequency tied to jet engines. It interferes with my ability to pick out consonants when people are talking...but the VA says it doesn’t affect my hearing. My wife disagrees and I use closed captioning all the time but....