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Strange C&p Yesterday! 5 Minute Exam.

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silverdollar22

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Well, finally got my C&P yesterday and my mouth is still hanging open. Started off in the not so nice part of the city and while sitting in the parking area i thought to myself this is not going to be good after what was posted about this doc on the internet. After waiting for 25 min. to go back to the exam room (and noticing the clientel that was entering his office) I thought accident doctor. When i got into the exam room it was stark to say the least with only an exam table and sink and unfinished counter, oh, and 3 full boxes of exam robes. When the doc came in he was plesent but to the point. He asked me if I filled out the QTC DBQ and i said yes and asked if he would like to look at my last MRI. He said that would'nt be necessary and ask me to lay down on the table. When I could'nt because of the pain from the hump in the table he said just sit up. He tested my reflexes of my knees and had me do the resistence test with both legs and then told me to get up and walk for him. I took 3 steps and he told me to bend forward. I asked him "till it starts to hurt and he said yea" I told him it already hurts and bent to about 20% and stoped and he said ok have a seat. He then said i was finished and to go for x-rays. I asked him what he thought and he replyed "i won't know till i look at the x-rays. He then made the comment " I don't know how your able to work and that he felt sorry for me because he hurt his back and knows what i'm going through".

That's it. Nothing like i was expecting. I was ready to scream when I got out the front door!!! No DBQ questions, no thingie to mesure my ROM, No nothing!!!

I figure it's going to be all or nothing with this guy. Has anyone else experanced anything like this? WOW.

Eric

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Folks:

Also, I had a negative experience myself with a C & P exam. The VA APRN that did the exam rated me as if I had full range of motion in my back??? But as a result of an Army Tank Accident, I have a spinal fusion and metal pins in my back that prevent me from bending over fully for the last 20 years. Every doctor or evaluation that I've had has been accurate. However, when I said something about it, she said "don't worry about it, the raters will look at your entire medical records anyway and they will figure it out?". I was amazed and just wonder how many other vets and their ratings have been affected by these inaccurate measurements by this person?

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This is kind of normal for a grant.

I went to a very good private Psych for my C&P. i went to the front room of his office and was asked to stay put about 10 minutes. When he finally opened the door and said come in.

On the way in the pocket of my shorts got caught on the the door knob. As I tried to pull away the door hit me in the knee knocking me half way down to the floor. I was just hanging there. I struggled to get up on my feet and off the knob. I finally walked over to the chair that he was pointing at and i was glad that it was facing away from eye contact as I was pretty embarassed. He said that was the first time he had ever seen a fight between a patient and a door knob.

I told him that once on ORI,on the way to the barracks from the em club at fallon NV. I got into it with a metal water sprinkler that bounced up and hit me in the eye blacking my face and knocking me out. He asked if I had seen anyone die in VN. I said about 11 people. he said thanks for showing up and thanks for your service. This sounds a little fantastic, but It actually did happen.

I was granted shortly after. He probably thought that I had totally lost my marbles.

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If I really want to win a claim I like to line up some IME/IMO doctors in advance. These are really doctors I know who will give me their opinions on my chances of being able to show a nexus between either my service or some SC condition to justify a secondary condition. For instance if you are SC for diabetes due to AO then what are the chances of making a nexus between DMII and some other condition I might have as a secondary. Otherwise, you may be trying to show that the numbness in your feet and hands is due secondary to DMII to an APRN C&P examiner who knows nothing about PN, and little about all the secondary conditions caused by DMII. I had two C&P exams for PN secondary to DMII. One was done by a VA internist and one done by a VA neurologist. Guess whose opinion the VA took? The internist said my numbness was as of unknown cause while the neurologist said "as likely as not due to DM11". They took the internist opinion and denied my claim. I appealed and got my neurologist to say it was "at least as likely as not" caused by diabetes. Now I won on appeal, but I had to get the IME and file the NOD and see the DRO. This took 18 months. This is the "time" game they play since they know many vets will not get new medical evidence and many won't even appeal. I think I would have won just on appeal since it was obvious who was the nerve specialist and who was a horse doctor. I know I have had C&P's done by residents and maybe even medical students. The VA really is a criminal organization that seeks to pervert its own rules and regulations to save money and get that bonus. Most worker's compensation doctors, SSD exam doctors and insurance claim examination doctors are also whores who just do it for the money. They must know what their paymasters want, and they give it to them.

John

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