Northeast Occupational Audiology Associates

Went here for a QTC Leidos C&P exam. Deneane Berry was a very pleasant person. However, her reasoning is flawed. Due to this fact, I was denied service connection for tinnitus. Served as a crew chief on flightline in service (high noise probability MOS). She stated that being a bus driver (my civilian occupation) is a high noise job. First, this is inaccurate according to the VA as they rate this (motor transport operator) as moderate noise exposure in their opinion (on rackety motor pool transport buses). Second, I drove a civilian over the road coach/ luxury type bus. On these buses, the engine is 45 feet behind the driver, not like other buses that the engine is directly in front of the driver. They don't hand out hearing protection to passengers who get on these buses because they are extremely insulated from noise .People watch movies on these buses without headphones. Third, my symptoms started 6 or 7 years before I ever drove a bus so documentation was not consulted before opinion of service connection. In the end, this company is paid by the VA. Of course the VA wants them to deny service connection. Deneane is very pleasant but don't share any info with her that she is going to manipulate to deny you service connection. This audiology group is a business. They get a ton of business from C&P exams. If they service connect too much, QTC Leidos will drop them.

Dr. Berry was absolutely awesome! She explained everything in detail and gave me a challenge coin when it was over. I highly recommend her for any hearing needs. Thank you Dr. Berry!