Another new one for me, a contracted C&P

[Carl the Engineer]

All,

Another new one for me.  Just got the call from "LHI Care" (?).  All my previous exams have been done at the VA hospital.   

The good.  They are scheduling the C&P thirty minutes from my home.  The place doing the exam is the same place where I had my rehab for my plantar fasciitis a few years back.  

The bad.  I have never done a contracted exam before (so at least I will know what you Veterans are always talking about). 

The ugly.  I am schedule for lower back, spine, shoulder/arm, esophagus and hiatal hernia.  This place had no doctors, just physical therapists, so not too comfortable on the Barrett's Esophagus/Hiatal Hernia part of the exam...

I took a quick search of LHI in Hadit, and see they look like a 50/50 satisfaction rating, LOL. 

Any suggestions are appreciated,

Hamslice

I will be studying the associated DBQ's before hand, and taking copies of my medical records with.

 

 

 

[brokensoldier244th]

It depends on the condition being examined whether it’s in person or not.  The short rule of thumb we use is “anything above the shoulders” for in person. Those are usually specialty exams: MH, oral, eyes, brain/nerves.

[Carl the Engineer]

According to the packet LHI sent me for the exam that got cancelled, they will pay 41 cents mileage.  And it will probably be closer to 150 miles one way, so, that should be about 120 bucks for mileage.

It lists 14 different DBQ's and it also states 60-74 minutes, however, I think half are DBQ medical opinions that go with the exam, so more like 7 DBQ's, give or take.

So, yes, a long day.

Hamslice

Now, I wait for the date.  Again.

 

[Carl the Engineer]

Well, maybe the fifth time is the charm.

Just got the call, back to 25 miles away and the same NP from two prior appt's.  At the Quality Inn.  Hoping for the Presidential Suite.

Next Wednesday.

Just sayin,

Hamslice

 

[GBArmy]

Hummm...wonder if they leave the light on for ya?

[john999]

Ham

 

                  I recently got an exam from LHI.   I got an additional 80% at least and I was not even trying.  The exam was pathetic but the result was good for me.  It was done by a nurse not a doctor.  The dingbat nurse did not raise the rating for my original disability but raised up other issues to put me over 100%.  This was really a much better exam than I ever got from the VA.

[GBArmy]

John I agree. Sometimes you get out of a C&P exam some amazing twists and turns. Had one and expected maybe a 10%; got a 30% plus an additional 10 for something else. What's the saying of Forest Gump:" life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what to expect. "