John Craten

Besides Navy experience and being exposed to serial percussive blasts, I also played in various rock bands through0ut the 70s' and 80s' (the eras of full-blown assault guitars). Today, my tinnitus has 3 levels of internal sound - although, remarkably, I still retain fairly normal hearing. Why, I don't know nor do the doctors. I qualified for Soc. Sec. disability benefit (such as it is) of $152/mo. What a joke considering this all started from an active service-backed incident.