Military service personnel are constantly exposed to sudden, loud noises, and often show a higher auditory threshold than the general
population, as well as tinnitus. Tinnitus in military personnel can occur alone, without any complaints of hearing impairment. When
accompanied by hearing impairment, the low/mid-frequency hearing loss is not large, and the hearing threshold may appear to be increased
in the high frequency range from 3-6 kHz. Therefore, by calculating the average hearing threshold and restricting disability assessments
to cases of tinnitus with a moderate degree of hearing impairment of 50 dB, most veterans with tinnitus will be excluded from
compensation. Not only are the diagnoses, evaluations, and auditory complications of tinnitus not considered, neither are the mental and
psychological effects, nor the aspects of treatment and rehabilitation related to quality of life. This study aims to examine the characteristics
of tinnitus disorder due to military noise. In addition, this study proposes that tinnitus should be classified as a public occupational
disease in veterans, and discusses problems with the criteria for disability compensation and examinations.