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Reminder that your exam starts in the waiting room lobby

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lotzaspotz

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I was reviewing 2015 BVA decisions regarding the New Orleans RO, and came across the following.  I'm on a tablet and can't cut and paste the section, but scroll down to the second paragraph above the "Order" section.  You'll find that this veteran's carriage and demeanor when she was called from the waiting room found its way into her C & P exam report and then into the BVA decision.

http://www.va.gov/vetapp15/Files2/1512277.txt

Always remember, your exam starts the moment you enter the exam facility.  If you're there for a spine exam, your posture in the chair you're seated in, in the lobby, may very well be noted.  There's plenty of literature on exams here at hadit, but I thought it would be useful to remind everyone that the exam begins upon entering the facility, not when entering the examination room.

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I just recalled something, while reading your post, Talon.  I was reading the notes from Friday's exam, and he wrote about my limited ROM, and noted that I seem okay to sit with legs/hips bent @ 90 degree angle.  Gravity helps a lot, with that.  But the part I recalled was this, when he was done checking my ROM, on the table, He had to help me sit up, I grabbed his arm and gave him a good tug!   Wonder why that part didn't make it into his notes???

easy.  that part is good for your claim, the fact that your legs dangle downards instead of floating upwards in the sky like on the ISS is not.  He is quite the examiner to note that gravity works in his office!

 

To be fair though not all examiners are shitty.  I recently had a C&P and the NP doing my C&P for my feet and shins was excellent.  By that i mean he did not shit on my claim, he reported the facts and only that regardless of whether they were helpful or hurtful to my claim.  It is sad that a examiner will be considered excellent if they only do their job and are fair and not out to get you though.

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Yah, while he wrote that it is less likely than not, he did tell me to contact my PCP and request and MRI for further evaluation and treatment.  So, it most likely will take that to get awarded SC. I have an appointment to see my PCP on the 9th, so...get'n R done!

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I agree in a C&P Exam they do watch every move you make, 

I always wondered what  this means, veteran presents no stimuli?

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