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1 day agoFacts. Also a lot of people that exit the military do not understand how dreadfully fucked their body and mind is until about 55 when their shit falls apart and their non-military buddies are running marathons because they need a new challenge, but they’re struggling moving at all.
And to your point - the VA distance from 90% disabled to 100% disabled is another 90%. People that are getting 100% for multiple cumulative issues are truly jacked.
Per VA regs and compensation charts, unilateral hearing loss maxes out at 30%. A 100% rating requires bilateral total deafness or additional factors (like other combined conditions or unemployability).