Just Got Out Of Mental Heath

[ranger11bv]

I just got out of the mental health ward at the VA in Phoenix. I was wondering if I should file and what for??

[Hoppy]

Active problems list is used by the VA medical center clinicians to keep track of your current diagnoses. I was told it is part of the VISTA computer system. It allows any clinic provider to see what dignoses have been entered by other clinics.

[Commander Bob]

Active problems list is used by the VA medical center clinicians to keep track of your current diagnoses. I was told it is part of the VISTA computer system. It allows any clinic provider to see what dignoses have been entered by other clinics.

Thanks for the info, Hoppy. I have never heard of it before. In the wrong or incompetent hands, a misdiogness could follow a vet around for life.

JMHO... Also, it has shades of "Big Brother", to it.

Here is a link ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VistA

Edited August 6, 2010 by Commander Bob

[john999]

Gee, I had a bunch of AR-15's. It meant nothing to me. Do they throw you out for getting an AR-15 these days? They threw me out because they did not want to treat my MH problems. Much easier to cast a person out than to spend money treating what they broke.

[ranger11bv]

Gee, I had a bunch of AR-15's. It meant nothing to me. Do they throw you out for getting an AR-15 these days? They threw me out because they did not want to treat my MH problems. Much easier to cast a person out than to spend money treating what they broke.

Had any field grade AR-15's?? You would know it and not think so little of it. There is a BIG difference. As in knocking me down from E-4 to E-1, forfeiture of half pay for 3 months. A company grade AR-15 can only reduce you 1 rank and forfeiture of 1 1/2 months pay.

Edited August 6, 2010 by ranger11bv

[Hoppy]

Thanks for the info, Hoppy. I have never heard of it before. In the wrong or incompetent hands, a misdiogness could follow a vet around for life.

JMHO... Also, it has shades of "Big Brother", to it.

Here is a link ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VistA

The reason I had to learn about this is because a veteran I am helping was being seen by two clinics for the same condition. Every time one clinic would see the patient he would have one diagnosis yet every time we got a print out the active problems list showed another diagnosis. I had to figure out what the active problems was and how diagnoses got onto the list. We got the problem resolved and the veteran is now being treated for the proper condition.

[john999]

Ranger

That personality disorder DX on your problem list is a problem. Who hung this DX on you and why is it still hanging around on your VA problem list. Any time you file for a mental health disorder as SC the VA will try and point to the PD diagnosis to try and explain all your emotional/occupational/personal problems. They never forget that crap. When I filed my CUE the VA went back 25 years into my C-File to find a C&P exam saying I was a personality disorder. Too bad they could not use this in my CUE since it was not in the record at the time of my erroneous rating, but they tried. Ask the VA why they say you have a PD and what is the evidence for this?