1454th Solider Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 What can be done about a mental health social worker writing misleading information in your medical records? Questions you were never asked but they answered for you, statements you never made and contextual factors to your mental health that are the result (family problems, marital discord, lack of social support) of your conditions but it looks like they are saying this is what is causing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63Charlie Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Avoid the VA medical system if you have disability claims. Find a private MH provider that you can trust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder GBArmy Posted November 20, 2020 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted November 20, 2020 I would fire that MH provider. I would start with the Veterans Advocate and request thru him/her a new provider. State specifically what was wrong. There is a lot to be said for 63 Charlie's advise, if you can afford it. The main reason is if you are continuously seeking treatment, even from an outside source, you'll be ok providing you are submitting those treatment records to the VA system. If they aren't favorable, you don't down load them into ebenefits, but you have the option to go out and get a new provider who is on the same page with you. The main thing is you are in control. Buck52 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Buck52 Posted November 20, 2020 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted November 20, 2020 8 hours ago, 1454th Solider said: What can be done about a mental health social worker writing misleading information in your medical records? Questions you were never asked but they answered for you, statements you never made and contextual factors to your mental health that are the result (family problems, marital discord, lack of social support) of your conditions but it looks like they are saying this is what is causing it? This same thing happen to me a few times involving MH Clinic LCSW & a MH Dr What I did I made copies of there quotes during this session'' I had with them on the dates it happen'' I (Copied off'' MyhealtheVet'' Notes) I I took these copies to them the next time I seen them and confronted them with it, actually they were flabbergasted, what they did they made an amendment to these false statements' and excluded them and wrote what they really mention in that particular session ...never had any problems with them since, Although one moved away. with this said: They can't take anything out of our/ your records once something is entered into our records it stays there. And an addendum can be made to make an correction. At your VAMC you can request different Dr or Therapist or who ever your seeing. SEE THE HOSPITAL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OR THE DIRECTOR HIMSELF / GBArmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Buck52 Posted November 20, 2020 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted November 20, 2020 I just wanted to warn any veteran that goes and sees these VA MH Dr.s or counselors or L.C.S.W. FOR THERPHY BE DARN CAREFULL WHAT YOU TELL THEM, TRY TO BE SPOT ON simply say '' with all due respect Dr. that never happen what you just said'' or no sir that's not what happen or how it is ect,,,ect,,, Don't be afraid to Speak up for yourself, but do try to like your Dr. or get to know him/er better if they ask you a question you don't won't to answer...> just simply say Dr I am not comfortable at this time to Answer that...ect,,,ect,,, but try your best to get along with these people its in your best interest to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder GBArmy Posted November 20, 2020 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted November 20, 2020 This is spot on. Buck hits on several points. You don't know what kind of day that doc or examiner had. Could be that they misunderstood you. Could be they didn't hear what you were really saying. Could be they wrote it up at the end of the day after several other veterans reviews and mixed it up with another's eval. Or, they might be a bad dude who doesn't like veterans. So what happened was they were confronted and back- tracked pronto. Buck probably helped countless other new veterans they saw because they didn't want more issues on their own performance record. And, the results were exactly what Buck wanted. A correction in his medical records. Lastly, make note that the record is amended but the original comments stay in your file. So if you have to refer to the corrected record be sure you have the complete records as your evidence. Otherwise a mistake could be made and they "find" just the uncorrected comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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