C&p Done Without C-file -

[vetwife]

My husband just had C&P exam a few weeks ago.

It went very badly & he knew it would be a bad C&P report.

We just got it, & It is ! It is false & completely innaccurate.

Prior to the exam he found out is was a NP doing the exam. He requested a Dr & was denied. He call the RO & they told him they had nothing to do with that & he need to call VAMC. He called them again & was still denied having a DR do the exam & was told he must go & that an NP was sufficient for this exam.

Not having a choice - he went...... The "examiner" did not have his C-file nor any of his records. She asked him very few questions & filled out the entire 35 page questionaire by herself - with little information from him & no records in front of her. (She told him she didn't have the file ) and on the way out he talked to the office person who confirmed that the RO had just sent the file out that day & they did not have the C-file.

I need advise on how to get this C&P thrown out & a new one (by a DR with file present) ordered.

[vetwife]

What about the right to be seen by a Dr not an RN for a C&P. Are they required to let you be seen by a Dr if you request that?

[rentalguy1]

Not by any regulation that I have seen. The only mention that I have ever seen on that issue was in the IVDS Training Letter. It basically stated that confusion can happen if someone other than a specialist performs the C&P, but for rating purposes a specialist isn't required. If you think about it, when you go to the VAMC for healthcare, you are normally seen by either a FNP or a PA. That has even been my experience in specialty clinics, such as neurosurgery.

If you get a less than favorable C&P performed by a FNP or PA, you can by all means argue that they have less knowledge and experience than a board certified specialist in a NOD, but such exams are normally signed off on by a Dr., so I'm not real sure how far that argument would go.

[steve&pat]

MY C&p was done by a nurse doctors assistant-- and my cp also requested a" medical opinion" . thats quite questional. anyway lts going back as a NOD .THEY DIDNT EVEN USE THE CURRENT BLOOD PRESSURE READINGS of 154/80s used 2 yr old 120/70s(which was a false reading. When you hear the alarm go off on the auto BP machine it means recheck-- thats also why they still persist in using the manual cuff =========still pluggin away

steve &pat