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Our mission is to bring awareness and education to the issue of Occupational Exposure to Low-Level Blast Overpressure firing heavy mortars and heavy weapons within the military's Infantry community. We believe this Awareness will turn into Acceptance and then Action that our Cohort of Chronically Concussed Mortarmen deserve and are long overdue.
"Mortarmen are exposed to repetitive, LLBs [low-level blasts] that result in high cumulative blast exposure. This coincides with alteredneurocognition relative to controls, suggesting subconcussive injury occurs in mortarmen even with average BOP exposure below the 4 psi safety threshold. While this study had a small sample size, results demonstrate a concerning health risk that requires additional study of the mortarmen population."
- Military Medicine, Mortarmen and Blast Exposure, Woodall & Jordyn, 2021.
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As an 11C I experience multiplied symptoms of the above articles. Yet the VA won’t recognize it as an occupational occurrence
M. Aldus
I get a ringing in my ears that will last for hours, sometimes. I also forget things often. Find myself wondering why I was headed in a certain direction in the first place.
G. Heartsill
There is nothing “low level” about the after effects of prolonged firing of heavy Mortars in Training or Combat. The only roadblock I see to this moving forward would be the cost to the VA and the DOD. Updating and amending current VA claims of 11C/0341 Soldiers/Marines. We all knew Serving involved sacrifice, but we were never told just doing your job will lead to brain damage.
SFC (R) R. Perron
Steady and constant ringing in my ears and minor memory loss for about 15 years straight. Worked the 60's, 81's and the 120's spanning 10 years. 1998-2008
R. Valdez
I’ve been a 11C for 15 years. Glad someone with the intelligence took this fight and is doing a great job!
D. Call
Eight years as 11C indirect fire infantry. I have had headaches, ringing in my ears, and other unexplained issues until I read through this research into concussive disorder.
B. Allison
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NEW!
Cohort tools to help with your Dept VA Compensation & Benefit Claims.
Download, read, learn and use them as Evidence in Support of your VA Disability Claim for Service Connection:
- C3Mortarmen.org - Findings of_Heavy Mortar BOP Science in Support Of Service Connection Investigation 2024 Revision (PDF)
(The Science behind Service Connection)
- C3Mortarmen.org Veteran Request for Comprehensive Medical IMO-2024 (PDF)
(Nexus Statement)
- C3Mortarmen.org Lay/Buddy Statement-2024 (PDF)
*These are freely given, no tracking
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