i will read it. thanks. i had a MH IMO from him too. it was ok in linking MH to the SC neuro issues. i think for the $ i would have liked a referral from him to civilian MH practitioner but didn't happen. i also got a MH one from civilian for my lawyer that he requested i get. bva appeals for that was granted recently. took years like most of us. certainly grateful for that, but what struck me negatively about the decision was VA didn't link any of the MY health issues to the SC injuries + disease that they had already granted prior and added quite a few secondary issues to those. my experience has been if a veteran doesn't get the correct diagnosis and links(secondary issues) to the injuries & disease you'll run into neg issues at VA with doctors, treatments & claims, etc.
edit: i did read that maryland case. interesting. i can see Mr F feeling the way he did. it was sticker shock to me at first. i couldn't find a dr in this town to write anything and certainly i got zero help from VA. the civilian MH dr i saw and paid the lawyer had asked for was way less than Dr Bash. i'm glad i got a lawyer as i don't have the talent to write up stuff. the VA turned me down a few times the way i wrote things. but, i went through a handful of attorneys that wouldn't take my cases up. said they were unwinnable. yet found one, and they were granted. Dr Bash helped with one not so sure about the MH one. i will add VA didn't agree with a few things the Dr Bash and civilian shrink wrote. strange b/c the C&P dr agreed with a lot of it. VA central office has a lot of sway with what VA Dr's can say and write, i will say that for those that don't know.