industrial deafness - about 20 year ago

thebull

Hi everone wonder if anyone can hep with this situaion .
In about 1990 i applied for and won a claim for industrial deafness.a few weeks ago i was chattin to someone and we ended up talkin about work an stuff i he happend to mention hat he had claimed industrial deafness and won and now recieves a pension for it .
I would like to look into this pension thing but I cant get any one who has a record of my claim ,I have asked the private hospital where the test was done they say they only keep records for 7 year my GP hasno record of it the union I used have no record even the union solicitors say they would have no records that far back .
Any advice or help would be great /thank you .

sunnyone

thebull wrote: »

Hi everone wonder if anyone can hep with this situaion .
In about 1990 i applied for and won a claim for industrial deafness.a few weeks ago i was chattin to someone and we ended up talkin about work an stuff i he happend to mention hat he had claimed industrial deafness and won and now recieves a pension for it .
I would like to look into this pension thing but I cant get any one who has a record of my claim ,I have asked the private hospital where the test was done they say they only keep records for 7 year my GP hasno record of it the union I used have no record even the union solicitors say they would have no records that far back .
Any advice or help would be great /thank you .

If you claimed 20 years ago the claim would have been paid in full and final settlement, you cant have a second bite of the cherry now because someone else got a diffrent outcome that you did, you accepted what was offered at the time and must have signed for it happily or you would have desputed the claim then.

I would love to be able to chat to people and hear their replies, be thankful you still can.

thebull

sunnyone i am so very sorry for not making my point more clear .
As you say I did indeed have to sign a form in full and final settlement of my claim but it is also a fact that I can claim a pension of the state so long as I meet the required standard .

sunnyone

thebull wrote: »

sunnyone i am so very sorry for not making my point more clear .
As you say I did indeed have to sign a form in full and final settlement of my claim but it is also a fact that I can claim a pension of the state so long as I meet the required standard .

If you mean an industrial injury pension, you cant because you would need to be assessed at the time and not 20 years later since hearing loss is a common sign of ageing.

Savvy_Sue

You MIGHT be able to claim DLA, but only if your deafness prevents you doing things, eg going out alone.

Might I suggest that the RNID would have information and advice on their website?

kitsonian

There may be some information on this industrial deafness site which may be of help to you... Seems pretty relevant.