C & P Med Exam Not By Dr. But Nurse Practitioner

[halos2]

Have any other vets had their medical C & P exams done by nurse practitioners versus Dr.? Mine was and there were so many errors and descripencies in the exam..she lied and I called her up 2x and she said "she didn't write that and they must have gotten records mixed up" yeah sure than why didn't she correct them!

Turned her into pt advocate and found out she was fired from doing C & P exams but moved to an undisclosed area of the hosp to work. FOIA officer said it took her 3 days to find the nurse pract in the hosp and she said "it was in 2005 I don't remember!"

SO I sit and wait for my dear BVA to proceed.

2 medical physician IMO's done but they believe the va's nurse pract. Funny how they did not have all the information I told in my personal hearing about her and the faulty exam on my trancripts! Anything I said about the va exams, providers, etc. were not on the transcript at all.

Have any others had similiar experiences they are fighting with because of non Dr exams? There is so much more I could write but I would like to hear if others have had this occur to them, and their advice or actions that may have helped them in their battle. :P

[Pete53]

I would ask or demand a C&P by a Medical Doctor. Its a patients right so why not a Veterans?

[yoggie2]

Halos2, I had a Nurse Practitioner do my medical exam (C&P) and it was a train wreck. My wife went with me as well and we both thought at first it was some elses exam it was done so poorly and it was enough to get a denial........

Edited July 12, 2008 by yoggie2

[Teac]

If I were to recive notice of a pending C/P exam, the first thing I would do is call the examing office and ask if the person doing the exam is a doctor, PA or nurse practitioners. If I am told the person is not a doctor at that moment, I would request another appointment with a qualified doctor. You do not have to subject your self to a exam by anyone who you feel is not qualified to treat your problem. Just because the va regional office has set up the exam does not mean you wavor your rights to be examined by just anyone. If you do reschedle for this reason the va regional office can not legally hold this against you. So exercise your rights and request a doctor, and rechedule the exam. Once we make it known that we will not accept anything less than a qualified doctor the va will stop trying to save money on these exams at the veterans expense, or the va may just stop the exams alltogether and take the words of the attending physicians... again JMHO

[carlie]

VARO & the rater decides who is qualified to do your C&P, only in specific cases such

as a hearing impairment or Psyc are specialist required.

If you try to tell VARO you won't go to a C&P without it being done by a Doctor -

MD or whatever, and you don't show up for the C&P ----

Well you pretty much just insured your own denial.

jmho,

carlie

[Teac]

VARO & the rater decides who is qualified to do your C&P, only in specific cases such

as a hearing impairment or Psyc are specialist required.

If you try to tell VARO you won't go to a C&P without it being done by a Doctor -

MD or whatever, and you don't show up for the C&P ----

Well you pretty much just insured your own denial.

jmho,

carlie

I disagree... been there done that... ask for a doctor and they must provide a doctor...

[carlie]

Claimants don't order C&P's -- rater's order C&P's.

It's in the regs. - that's what we have to work with.

Subpart IV - Chapter 3 -- Examinations --

http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/M21_1MR.html

jmho,

Hope this helps a vet.

carlie

Edited July 12, 2008 by carlie