IME and Physician conflict of interest

[OldJoe]

Instead of continuing a thread that dealt with CUE and beating a dead horse I thought it wise to start a new thread.

In the pursuit trying to fixed my messed up claim I finally have found a physician that does IMEs

Here is how he responded to my email explaining my situation:

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"I read your email. It does sound like you could use some assistance. 

A bit about myself. I do perform IMEs for civilian cases but I am also employed by a company that is contracted by the VA to perform similar disability assessments. I will have to check with my employer to see if your case presents a conflict of interest."

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Of, all the flipping luck!!!

I responded and explained further my situation.

Hopefully he responds soon.

That said, I need any advice possible on what I should do next.  I know this could be a blessing or this could be a curse, I don't know which...

[Gastone]

OJ, thanks for the Award posting and further explanations. Helps decipher your situation.

Start the SA, or any other DX'd condition FDC on your E-Ben site, you establish the file date for Retro purposes and have up to 12 months to hit the send key. If , for whatever reason you don't hit the send button within the 12 months, the claim goes away.

Buck: I've never seen an actual VA Sleep Dr, not have I seen 1 for a SA DBQ. My SA SC, as well as the other (2) Hadit members, was based on the Clinician Notes from my Private Non VA Sleep Neurologist. The Vet's I deal with at the Det RO, to a man, have been unable to get SA DBQ's completed by the Head Dr of the Sleep Dept. They get refered to their PCP for the SA DBQ. Never put off starting a claim, establish the file date. You've got the 12 months to fine tune it or cancel it.

I don't think any of the Vets have pushed the issue with the Sleep Dr, I would have, they didn't. So they get a DBQ from a non Sleep Specialist, none of them have been able to get the SA SC. 1 guy that's on appeal, has decided to see my Private Dr, see what he thinks about the PTSD Nexus. Have to see how that goes.

Semper Fi

[Buck52]

Roger that Gastone

Thanks

[ArNG11]

Wish you folks good luck.  The VA denial scam can only go for so long before proper medical rationale kills the junk science and BS denials.  

[Chuck75]

On 6/9/2016 at 11:46 AM, OldJoe said:

I know we all go into "conspiracy mode" when the VA pulls lame brain stunts like this, but is there some reasoning to the logic? 

I know this is the VA we are talking about they would send a Vulcan into an epileptic fit, probably would be considered inhuman and cruel punishment to even let one within 500 feet of a Vulcan.

Some reasoning to the logic?

What logic?

Anyway, It's likely that the VA's interests were best followed by just picking the next available C&P slot, regardless of other consideration.

 

[OldJoe]

Thanks peoples for the advice.

I will keep you posted on my status.

Though I have one question about one disability and it relates to Meniere's syndrome. How does one go about diagnosing it?

Ignorance is bliss, when I started learning all the stuff need for tinnitus (which I am now rated for) I read about it.   Unfortunately, back in 1996 while my college friends (they were so young back then compared to me) where playing these first person shooting games I noticed I would get vertigo just watching them play.  I just thought it was one of those things that affected some people and I was just one of the unlucky ones.  I didn't know it was actually a disease.  Now 20+ years later I am finding myself being "dizzy" and "woozy" more than I think I should be.

I am sure some of it could be that I got up to quick, but 5 to 10 minutes after getting up?  Or when you are sitting down?  I have some other stuff that could be playing a fact too, take blood pressure meds, not that my BP is all that bad.

I take meds for my ADHD (amphetamines) which I know can mess with blood pressure (so I limit taking that only on days I work).

Where do I even start so I don't wind up in the same mess that I am currently in with my other claim?

[OldJoe]

"If it weren't for bad luck I would have no luck at all"...

IME Physician cannot see me, said that I don't fall into the area of expertise that he deals with...

And that he was going to be gone the last two weeks in June...

On the plus note I asked if it was something with my records, or if it was that they didn't think I had a chance.  His secretary said no, that actually that the information I had provided was quite thorough and that they don't usually get that much information.

I asked if she could get me a name of someone that could help me and she said that she would call him and probably would get back to me later today.

I hope this isn't a case of them just politely giving me the brush off.  She seemed sincere about being apologetic and apologized many times.  I just repeatedly tried to drive home that if they couldn't do it then PLEASE give me a contact of someone that could.

The next closest SNEAK certified physician is in St. Louis that I know of (from the SNEAK website).