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I must admit this bothers me. I wrote here under another name and can't find the post and maybe I have forgotten the name because i search for it and can't find it. But someone said that they will "review" my case at VA and then decide if i will need a C&P. That I might not have to take a C&P.
Sounds good to me. Too good.
And talking about "old" I will be 57 at the time of the re-examination. I hope that is "old" enough.
Am really hoping for 100 P&T this time with no future examinations.
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My 5 year re-examination is coming. When I was first awarded my SC the Comp and Pen examiner requested that I be re-examined sometime in the future. I was rated 100% for a mental health concern non-PTSD related.
Does anyone have any insight into this? I think i have done my due diligence and have record of my continued symptoms (though at a reduced level) and medication (three types of psychotropics at minimal doses) as I have stay in therapy and getting meds.
What should I expect? Will there be a C&P? Will someone at VA just look at my record and make a decision. Is there anything I should be doing or documenting?
Thx.
5 Year Re-Examination Coming. What Should I Expect?
in Veterans Compensation & Pension Exams
Posted · Edited by DeeMockMark
FYI
I live in Thailand. I get help through the local VFW CHAPTER. They have some people there that SEEM knowledgable.
I go to a consulate approved psychiatrist here every two months and I get my meds through VA's Foreign Medical Program. So my meds are on record with the VA.
I struggle every day with my illness. (I need to make sure the psych understands that. Being Thai I don't get a good sense of him at all.) He would or could give me my C&P. Because he is on consulate recommended list.
Sometimes I feel better than other times. But I have been able to reduce my symptoms because of the lack of stress I live a reasonable if reclusive life.
I think the reason they did not make me 100% P&T is because i wasn't over 55 at the time of the award. My friend was 58 and he got 100% P&T. I will be 57 at the time of the re-examination. Hopefully I will be given p&t at that time. But I am nervous. Because I am doing so well in many ways. It is because i have my benefits. But without the benefits i would be homeless again. I am really unemployable. I could not maintain any regular work. But just like getting the award I have to make my case in a way that "they" can believe and understand.
I have not been doing that sufficiently I think. I need to make sure this Thai psych knows what Is going on in my life and how my illness effects me. His records might be the documentation that will make a difference. He might even be the future C&P examiner.