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Hearing Aids for Military Retirees, (if the VA doesn't provide them for you)

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The Defense Department’s Retiree-At-Cost Hearing Aid Program (RACHAP) helps retirees buy hearing aids through certain military medical facilities at a government-negotiated cost.

The hearing aids provided are the same as those available to active-duty service members. The program is open to retirees who have hearing loss or tinnitus (ringing in the ears). Dependents of military retirees are not eligible.

Retirees can use any military treatment facility that provides the program and will accept them; you don’t need to return to your service affiliation to participate in this program

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DoD and offer programs to help military retirees get hearing aids.

I highly recommend that any person that has served in the military and has hearing loss and/or tinnitus file a claim. This program appears to be geared only towards retirees and is going to charge them for aids they might easily be eligible for if they file a claim. There is no statute of limitations on filing a claim. I personally filed a claim 40+ years after leaving service with no problem. Seek out you local county veterans Service Officer for guidance.

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I am a veteran with service related hearing loss. I have been getting my aids from the for 20 years. I haven’t had to spend a penny for aids. 6 years ago they rated me as 50% disabled and I haven’t had to even pay a co-pay for medication. The same goes for my glasses that would other wise cost me over $600 for my prescription lenses.

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