CubanFireball

I was scheduled for a PTSD exam for November 21, 2019, on November 12, 2019. Two days before the exam I get a call stating the provider would not be there on November 21, 2019 that they needed to reschedule me for November 25, 2019 so I agreed. At 7:30AM on November 25, 2019 I showed up to my VA C&P exam. After filling out the intake form I waited for about 5-10 mins before being called back to fill out a 300+ question exam after which I was told to take a seat and the Dr. would be alerted that I was completed. After waiting another 20-30 mins the Dr. called me back for my exam. The Dr. started off very blunt, rushed and somewhat brash. After telling me the process she was going to follow she showed me her computer screen and the window that was open was a computerized DBQ form. I informed the Dr. that I had a DBQ done by my personal non-VA psychiatrist and offered to provide the Dr. a physical copy if she wanted. The Dr. not only declined a copy but proceeded to let me know that she already saw my submitted DBQ and that it was not legal, truthful and was not going to be considered. The Dr. then told me that she has been aware that veterans have the ability to use a service to pay a Dr. to write down anything on the DBQ (sometimes false, rare symptoms) in order that the veteran can get compensation they do not deserve. The Dr. then advised that she was going to conduct a full and legal examination and that she had to gather detailed information regarding my pre and post military service. During the exam the Dr. came of rude and sarcastic while asking me for dates and events that happened in my life from over 20+ years ago. After telling the Dr. many times that I could not provide detailed dates for things that happened in my life from a day ago let alone 20+ years. The Dr. then told me she needed to put something down so I needed to give dates and/or approximates. The Dr. misrepresented a few of my statements and has created a narrative that is not correct and fits her own bias. I felt mentally attacked the whole time in my exam and I felt the Dr. went above and beyond what should have been a normal C&P exam. The Dr. insinuated several times that either she or the VA suspects me of getting a false DBQ (regardless of my VA medical history corroborating my symptoms as well as my diagnosis) and I really felt she was trying her hardest to discredit my claim. After 4 hours of enduring her questioning and interrogation, I was told that we only made it half way through the process and that I needed to come back to finish everything. I left the exam feeling mentally attacked, like the VA and the Dr. are trying to deny my claim instead of looking at it's own medical records as well as my personal records that support my claim. I have complained to the VA hotline, the VA Advocacy line as well as writing a memorandum for record outlining my disagreement of the exam I had be subjected to. I have requested another exam with a different Dr. due to my complaint. The Dr. scheduled the second part of my exam for December 6, 2019 at 8am. Today is December 4, 2019 and I got a call this morning that the Dr. will be sick on Friday December 6, 2019 and that they had to reschedule me. I find this very suspicious as I have complained about this Dr. the day of my exam (November 25, 2019) and now I am being pushed back two more weeks. I am writing to ask any others that have been through this process, Have any of you ever been subjected to a detailed C&P where the examiner asked the exact (or approximate) dates of your Middle and High School, All Employment, All Residential History, All Relationship History and for any major event that happened in your life? My examiner did not accept that I could not remember this information and that I was not told prior to the exam that I needed to have any of the information to provide. Thanks, Alex S.