Improper Exam?

[togb68]

I was recently reevaluated for TBI and a hip injury at QTC. Nevermind that my claim was filed in 2009, and forget that I was seen by an internal medicine doc. But why the pressure to undergo a PAP and rectal exam?? Yes I said PAP. Not pelvic. I listed no bowel or other issues. When I declined the exam both the doc and his assistant indicated that my claim would be denied. I prefer to only let the GYN that I chose perform this procedure. Plus he was creepy. Will or can they deny my claim for this? I did contact the VA IG and hotline, but no response.

[halos2]

Put your 60% in your avatar where you have TBI, please. Thank you.

Glad you did not allow that exam to occur.

Edited February 15, 2011 by halos2

[SLEDGE]

The VA is just collecting stats.

However, in the future, those extra exams could lead to confusion at the RO.

In my past I thought it was stupid to be getting a rectal everytime I saw a VA doctor.

My private doctor says once every 10 years if often enough.

Then it occurred to me that we are all just pieces of meat to them.

They, all of the student doctors, have to have performed a certain number of procedures to receive a proficiency rating.

Nowadays I just bend over.

Cooperating with the jerks will get you farther down the road.

Any kind of complaint will just put a golfball in your garden hose.

sledge