vperl Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 A buddy of mine files for PTSD, was denied, then 6 months later he went to a Privatee Mental Health provideer to diagnos him. The Private Dianosis showed he had PTSD and gave my buddy a GAF of 40 and wrote he suffered from Moderate PTSD. Then the VSO for my buddy filed an appeal.... Then the VA ordered a C&P exam, he went to the C&P and was diagnosised with PTSD, and on the end of this exam the Doctor told him as he went through the file the VA is going to have my buddy do a second C&P PTSD exam from another Doctor. What is this all about ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Pete53 Posted March 24, 2010 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted March 24, 2010 Someone is trying to help your bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vperl Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 Someone is trying to help your bud ********** how does getting two C&P Exams for PTSD in three weeks help him ? since the first one upon appeal said he had PTSD pretty bad and he has a IMO for PTSD in the records Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Vync Posted March 25, 2010 Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Share Posted March 25, 2010 I would recommend your buddy take a copy of the GAF 40 exam to the new C&P exam. Also, he might want to go ahead and fill out a release of information letter with the VA so they can get the records directly from the GAF 40 examiner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator pacmanx1 Posted March 26, 2010 Moderator Share Posted March 26, 2010 Well the first thing is tell your buddy not to miss this appointment. Tell your buddy go to the appointment and ask the doctor what is it for. Once the doctor says that it is for PTSD, have your buddy tell the doctor that he just recently had a C & P exam for PTSD. In most cases the Doctor doing the second C & P exams will follow the direction of the first doctor. Yes, I know some will disagree but you're talking about two C & P exams in a matter of a few weeks compared to several months apart. I think it would look very suspicious if a second doctor would try to give a different opinion in that short of time. The First C & P exam should stand but we all know how VA likes to play games. JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chr49 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Has the 2nd C& P been scheduled yet? Since the doctor said it, he may have simply misread something or it may be a scheduling error. I agree with others though, whatever he does, he needs to go to all scheduled appointments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vperl Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 Has the 2nd C& P been scheduled yet? Since the doctor said it, he may have simply misread something or it may be a scheduling error. I agree with others though, whatever he does, he needs to go to all scheduled appointments. I convinced him to call C&P , the C&P People told him they found a request for a second exam for PTSD, so he got one scheduled for 5april, I told him to get it over, no matter how much he does not want to go.. I may take him if I see he is reluctant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A buddy of mine files for PTSD, was denied, then 6 months later he went to a Privatee Mental Health provideer to diagnos him.
The Private Dianosis showed he had PTSD and gave my buddy a GAF of 40 and wrote he suffered from Moderate PTSD.
Then the VSO for my buddy filed an appeal....
Then the VA ordered a C&P exam, he went to the C&P and was diagnosised with PTSD, and on the end of this exam the Doctor
told him as he went through the file the VA is going to have my buddy do a second C&P PTSD exam from another Doctor.
What is this all about ?
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