Jump to content
VA Disability Community via Hadit.com

VA Disability Claims Articles

Ask Your VA Claims Question | Current Forum Posts Search | Rules | View All Forums
VA Disability Articles | Chats and Other Events | Donate | Blogs | New Users

  • hohomepage-banner-2024-2.png

  • 27-year-anniversary-leaderboard.png

    advice-disclaimer.jpg

  • donate-be-a-hero.png

  • 0

Exam Was Doomed From Start

Rate this question


jim n ok

Question

had a tbi c and p on friday.the dr's name is tran...with a big attitude . asked me what problems i was experiencing and when i started to tell himhe went ballistic" all veterans think that everything that happens is from injuries suffered in military ,that not true,not everything comes from injury in service.all veterans are same" interview over,he had me sign a waiver to a butt check,that had nothing to do with my headaches and vision....so if you have a c and p in okla city..beware of a dr. tran.....

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Answers 10
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters For This Question

Top Posters For This Question

Recommended Posts

  • HadIt.com Elder

Report the bastard. You are due an honest C&P an respect from the Doctor. That was not a legitimate C&P.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

If you live close enough to your VARO - go there, sign in to see a VA rep

and talk to them,right away. Request to put this in writing there and get

a copy date stamped. I would put the reply to number on it from the correspondence

you have already recieved from VA.

jmho,

carlie

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • HadIt.com Elder

x

x

x

New England Journal of Medicine just published a paper on "Mild TBI", where certain named medical doctors who work for the VA, have said that self-reported symptoms of TBI are motivated by compensation. But, the article also says, the VA doesn't know how to properly assess mild TBI, nor do they have any hard studies. Whenever the VA doesn't know what they are doing in their medical professions, they blame the vets!! ~Wings

Edited by Wings
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I agree that you need to file a formal complaint ASAP!! If you're not close enough to your VARO to go in person, as Carlie suggested, you can always use the IRIS system....just don't call the 1-800#, you won't get anywhere.

Won't hurt to contact your elected officials either. Be sure to state in your complaint why you needed the C&P, what your symptoms are, etc, and then go on to state how you were treated...be very specific and include all names and dates. The more details the better.

Sorry you were treated so badly.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • HadIt.com Elder

Jim, I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience.

First thing, talk to a Patient Advocate, tell them you want to formally file a complaint. That usually gets the Department Head all riled up, which is what you want to happen. And, make sure that the Patient Advocate is informed that you want the VAMC administrator to also be informed.

Having said that, one thing that you will need to do, before you get too carried away. Get a copy of your C&P exam results. If you don't, you could be shooting yourself in the foot by demanding another C&P, etc. Reason I say that, I thought that a C&P that I received was "goin down the tubes" and I started bitching and raising hell (the examiner was very abrupt, didn't even introduce himself, acted like I was lower than a snake's belly, etc., etc.). Then I got a copy of my C&P and you'd have thought that he and I were "best budds" and it, the C&P, was exactly what I needed to win my claim, which I did.

So, get a copy. Go to the med records dept and fill out a request, they'll print it off whilst you stand there and hand it to you.

BTW, I don't know about OKC and Muskogee, but the VAMC in Dallas has a first-rate, state-of-the-art, new, TBI center that they are sending a LOT of the TBI's patients for around the country too. Might keep that in mind.

Just an old Checotah boy talkin'.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Guidelines and Terms of Use