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Recently attended a c&p exam for mental health. Had already submitted DBQ that my VA psychiatrist wrote up along with sworn statement from my wife and employer letter from my last employer 3 years ago. First question was followed by a statement from my examiner: Are you now or have you recently had suicidal thoughts or ideations? Before you answer yes to this question you need to know that I will have to stop this interview here and have you hospitalized immediately. I really felt like this was like a threat that if I answer yes to her question the c&p exam would be over and i would be hospitalized. I have had suicidal thoughts and ideations for several years with no plan or attempt and all this is in my records from 3 years of regular visits with my psych doc and mental health social worker as well as documented in my DBQ from my VA psych doc. Also in my private medical records for the last 20 years. This caught me so off guard and I said no to the question because I did not want to be hospitalized. Two or three questions later she asked if i could handle my own finances and again before I answered she made this statement: If you answer no to this question we will have to set you up with ongoing financial counseling today. Again thrown for a loop. I told her i did pay 3 bills that were set on auto pay out of my direct deposit from the VA and did limited transactions on my debit card but my wife handled our finances because i was not mentally able to handle the anxiety nor did i have the ability due to my issues with memory and cognitive issues issues. I put my family in financial trouble do to my stubbornness that its the husbands job to handle the bills when i knew I could not keep doing it.
C&P exam was 2 weeks ago. I had a veteran tell me that i should call the VA patient advocate to let them know that these things happened at my c&p exam and i felt like leaving off the suicidal thoughts out of my assessment would hurt my claim.
Just a note: After my first 3 visits with my va psychiatrist 3 years ago he was baffled and a little agitated with the fact that I was only rated at 50%. His DBQ laid out the case for a 100% rating.
Thanks for the help! Barry
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Unfortunately these are questions we have to answer from time to time. Be open and honest. No one wants to be in the hospital but there are times we need to be. Most 100% mental health ratings will
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I haven’t a clue what you can do but I would file a letter in your file that the examiner stated they would hospitalize you if you admitted you have had suicidal thoughts in the past . I would call y
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