hypertension Doc Lied On My Husband's C&p

[hawkfire27]

So my husband is applying for an upgrade in his disability, to allow the 100 +60 rule for SMC.

He had to do a C&P for Diabetes II and hearing loss with tinnitus.

So the C&P just got released and I was looking through it. I was horrified to say the least.

It states that medical records were reviewed, but C-file review not required by VARO.

Medical History:

Cardiac History:

No history of Myocardial Infarction; Hypertensive heart disease; Angina; Dizziness; Dyspnea;Congestive Heart failure; Valvular Heart Disease;Heart Rhythm disturbance; other heart disease.

Pulmonary History:

No history of Dyspnea;nights sweats;

Is the veteran restricted in ability to perform strenuous tasks: No

Exam:

Motor Loss: None

Sensory Loss: None

No evidence found of Congestive Heart Failure; Pulmonary Hypertension.

Heart Rythmn: Regular

No Evidence of Abnormal breathing sounds.

DIAGNOSIS SECTION********

Does the veteran have diabetes Type II: Yes

Was a medical opinion requested: No

Veteran Denies symptoms of:

Peripheral Vascular Disease; Visual Disorders; Peripheral Neuropathy; Diabetic Neuropathy; Gastrointestinal Disorders; Genitourinary Disorders; or any other complaints.

________________________________________________________________________________

Hearing loss:

VARO request: Please determine severity of hearing loss present in STRs.

Findings: Mild to Severe high frequency hearing loss due to Military Noise exposure. It is less likely than not that the veterans hearing loss and tinnitus were caused by his military service, because there is no reference to hearing loss or treatment for hearing loss in his Service Treatment Records.

___________________________________________________

OK so that wasn't everything but most everything I disagree with.

We never denied anything in fact in the Veteran Denies symptom section we have applied for SC for all but one of these things. Which are in medical records going back at least 12 years.

My husband has had several heart attacks, coronary bypass surgery x5, and is on about twenty pills a day just for his heart. He has been diagnosed with of a the disorders above that the VA doc stated he doesn't have. The history of which is all in VA medical records that the C&P doc stated she had reviewed.

My husband has a heart murmur, and COPD, so his breathing and heart rhythm are anything but normal.

And as for being restricted by strenuous activity, he just had his PC doc put him in for A&A and acknowledged he can not walk more than a block without severe angina and fatigue. Sooooooooo

And how about the response for hearing loss? LOL! What a joke!

My question is WTF? How will this effect the other claims for neuropathy, Ischemic Heart disease. I have furnished the VA with the evidence of these disorders so hopefully the stupid broad that wrote this want hurt the case to much.

My other question is....Where the hell do they find these people?

Edited March 9, 2010 by hawkfire27

[john999]

Probably need to get an IME or IMO to rebut this C&P exam. This was obviously an awful and incomplete exam. You can appeal and get another exam but it is probably better and faster to get your own doctor's opinion. Did the C&P doctor order up any tests?

[hawkfire27]

Probably need to get an IME or IMO to rebut this C&P exam. This was obviously an awful and incomplete exam. You can appeal and get another exam but it is probably better and faster to get your own doctor's opinion. Did the C&P doctor order up any tests?

Yeah the doc ordered tests, and these are the findings after the tests. I just can't believe it. There is also a bunch of things like blood pressures and Motor tests that tests his strength. None of this was ever done, but there they are, the results typed up that are completely fictional. We spent the first 30mins of the C&P trying to find an interpreter because we couldn't understand the Doc. And the interpreter is noted as being present.

The other thing that really bothers me is that I am a lot younger than my husband and she asked me my age and included my name and age in the C&P findings.. What has the wife's age got to do with the Vet's C&P. The doc made a big deal about this at the time. Thought that was kinda weird.

Unfortunately the 30 days have passed for us to submit more evidence. The C&P was released 15 days after my window for submitting further evidence closed. Way to go VA, I love how they coincide the C&P release date to the end of the vet's ability to submit a rebuttal. Will just have to wait and see and probably start the never ending appeals process.

Edited March 9, 2010 by hawkfire27

[sharon]

Take the C&P exam to your psychian and have him write up a rebuttal letter. Then ask for a reconsideration based on an inadequate examination. This can only be done with medical documentation. The process usually takes about 5 to 7 months. You will still have the right to appeal within one year of the decision.

[LarryJ]

Take the C&P exam to your psychian and have him write up a rebuttal letter. Then ask for a reconsideration based on an inadequate examination. This can only be done with medical documentation. The process usually takes about 5 to 7 months. You will still have the right to appeal within one year of the decision.

Yup. What Sharon just said.

It really makes you wonder about some of these doctors, though, doesn't it.

I've got me a good Primary Care Physician, even though English is NOT his primary language.

I keep saying that, when I go to him, he speaks Hindu, I speak Yiddish, and then we BOTH do what my Wife has written down in the "notes" that she has given me to give to him!

[*Bergie*]

Yeah the doc ordered tests, and these are the findings after the tests. I just can't believe it. There is also a bunch of things like blood pressures and Motor tests that tests his strength. None of this was ever done, but there they are, the results typed up that are completely fictional. We spent the first 30mins of the C&P trying to find an interpreter because we couldn't understand the Doc. And the interpreter is noted as being present.

The other thing that really bothers me is that I am a lot younger than my husband and she asked me my age and included my name and age in the C&P findings.. What has the wife's age got to do with the Vet's C&P. The doc made a big deal about this at the time. Thought that was kinda weird.

Unfortunately the 30 days have passed for us to submit more evidence. The C&P was released 15 days after my window for submitting further evidence closed. Way to go VA, I love how they coincide the C&P release date to the end of the vet's ability to submit a rebuttal. Will just have to wait and see and probably start the never ending appeals process.

Was the interpreter a medical person, and were they authorized to interpret. This is important because you can use this against the VA. If you go to any hospital only people with a medical background are allowed to interpret, the clerk or house keeper are not allowed to interpret because they may make a mistake in the translation. I would file a complaint with the VARO director or whoever is incharge. Also, if you want to return the favor to the incompetent doctor, all that you have to do is contact the states medical board and file a formal complaint. They will need documented proof, which it looks like you have. This will bring some heat on the doctor and maybe some justice for you and your husband, because the doctor will have to answer for his incompetence.

Hope this helps,

Bergie

[hawkfire27]

Was the interpreter a medical person, and were they authorized to interpret. This is important because you can use this against the VA. If you go to any hospital only people with a medical background are allowed to interpret, the clerk or house keeper are not allowed to interpret because they may make a mistake in the translation. I would file a complaint with the VARO director or whoever is in charge. Also, if you want to return the favor to the incompetent doctor, all that you have to do is contact the states medical board and file a formal complaint. They will need documented proof, which it looks like you have. This will bring some heat on the doctor and maybe some justice for you and your husband, because the doctor will have to answer for his incompetence.

Hope this helps,

Bergie

No the person was not an interpreter, they were the receptionist from the C&P window. He was called in because my husband started getting really upset about the fact he couldn't understand the doctor, so she stepped outside and got the guy to sit in I sure she was thinking more of her own benefit than ours. He perhaps wasn't an "interpreter" as far as formally, but he was the one explaining everything to us when the doctor wasn't making any sense. She kept arguing with my husband about his years of service. She also stated at one point she wasn't allowed to view and medical records at all, she was just to examine him and write down her findings. We had all the proof of Diabetes exisiting concurrently with his heart attack.

We are going to take your advice and go see the director on friday when we go back to El Paso. Good thing is my husbands psych is the chief of staff, so will have a word with her also. Then decide if we are going to take it further.

I still don't understand whether this will be taken into account with his other claims disabilities. The C&P was supposed to be only for the Diabetes and the Hearing Loss. Do you think they will use the same C&P for everything else as well?