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MH cp exam, examiner states you don't have something you have been diagnosed with for years
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I had a cp exam and recently received the results, I found it odd that the box asking if I was diagnosed with multiple mental health issues said No was checked as I have numerous diagnoses in my VA chart and my last mh cp exams all had yes checked? Also, I am being treated at the VA for all of them, one of which is panic disorder with agoraphobia. I do not leave my house alone, ever. I am on a lot of benzos (I know) because of my panic disorder and yet she said I do not have panic disorder nor panic disorder with agoraphobia. The last cp examiner said I do have them, which was 3 months ago, but they weren't service connected........ It was rated then and combined with my other mh etc. I am not sure of her angle here, she was super (or acted super concerned) during my exam. I was having a really bad day honestly and had a panic attack in the waiting room and well, afterward one isn't exactly my best emotional state. I have bipolar 2 (which I am rated for as well) and I have depression issues from that as well. Because I was in such a state during my exam I was actually afraid she was going to Baker Act me, I had to assure he repeatedly that I wasn't actually suicidal. Yes I have suicidal thoughts but I was not suicidal. There is a difference, I had to explain that to her. It was really hard and I was a wreck. She seemed genuinely concerned that I was having such a hard time receiving care through my local va and that choice was taking so long getting me therapy, etc. She asked all the questions she was supposed to. This exam was because the first exam was a 10 minute exam where the examiner did not do the full dbq and I requested another. The box she checked on my notes is for 30%, and she said I have mild bipolar. That is a joke honestly. When somone's mental health is at the point that a cp examiner is asking them repeatedly if they are suicidal during their exam, they don't have a mild mental health issue. She wasn't simply checking the boxes. I feel like she was covering the other examiner's behind. In the big picture I guess it doesn't matter, I am IU PT. Does her saying I don't have panic disorder with agoraphobia negate my diagnosis of every other psychiatrist that says I do?
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I have yet to meet anyone at a cp exam trying to help..........they tried to reduce me, an IU PT veteran in March (yes I had held those ratings for over 5 years and I had shown zero improvement). I
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This is why that even if you are rated 100% P&T for a MH disorder to stay in treatment even if it does you no good at all. You go to the VA doctor and you reconfirm you disability every time you
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