Double_Duck said:
bluebell_49_echo said:
I Claimed in 1991 from the DSS now Veterans Agency receieved £3500 and pronounced 14% disabled , This was accepted because in the 60s 70s the ear defender issued was found to be sub-standard. I still have the ringing in the ears.
I can honestly say that was never given any kind of ear defenders during the time i served (78-84) and since i began my service in the RA on the guns firing charge Super as well as the SLR you would think that some form of ear protection would have come in handy..
Utter Bollix....
Earplugs were
mandatory from 1969 onwards - initially they were rubber mouldings which came in three sizes - yellow, green and red. They were then replaced by the expanding yellow jobbies
Ear defenders were mandated sometime in the seventies. Initially for the 84 and 81mm mortar, and subsequenty for all shooting.
Ear defenders were
required on the gun position from at least the mid seventies. All Abbot crews had induction loop headsets (thought they never worked).
So I don't know what micky mouse outfit you were in but they must have had a blind (and certainly deaf) IG...
My deafness was caused by sporting shooting where until recently you did not wear ear defence... I'm suffering now!
There is no excuse for ANYONE who has served in the past 30 years not to have protected their hearing on the range..