DBQ Differs from VA Treatment Records

[runaroundtime]

I am looking for a little advice on how to proceed with my current claim.  After several years of TBI treatment with the local VA hospital, I filed for a TBI claim.  I am still awaiting the decision but just received my C-File that I requested a few months ago.  From what I can tell, my DBQ DR did a horrible job and I am going to get underrated when the final decision comes.  I was in and out within 25 minutes and no testing was performed.  Once I told the DR that I had already done Neuropsych testing with the VA hospital the exam ended shortly after.  When viewing my C-File and the record of the TBI DBQ exam I noticed that the DR service connected my TBI but didn't accurately record the symptoms identified in the Neuropsych exam.  The DR just cut and pasted the Neuropsych summary but missed some ptretty big details from the rest of the report.  My DBQ DR listed my TBI symptoms as;

- Memory, attention, concentration, executive functions - A complaint of mild memory loss (such as having difficulty following a conversation, recalling recent conversations, remembering names of new acquaintances, or finding words, or often misplacing items), attention, concentration, or executive functions, but without objective evidence on testing.

- Motor activity (with intact motor and sensory system) - Motor activity normal

- Visual spatial orientation - Normal

 

These results were drastically different from my neuropsych exam which listed the following issues;

My neuropsych exam listed severe impairment of several memory functions, processing speed, visual spatial orientation.   It also listed mild impairment of motor functioning.  

I am not able to cut and paste the records I have for the Neuyropsych so I can't give the full report without showing my name.  

Does anyone have experience with a DBQ that is different from VA treatment records?  What should my next steps be?  Should i do a higher level review?  Hire an appeal lawyer?

 

 

 

[pacmanx1]

1 hour ago, runaroundtime said:

Within weeks of separation I did an initial physical with the VA for my medical coverage and screened positive for TBI and was scheduled for a neuropsych exam in 2009. 

You can file an appeal/a disagreement.  The VA is very famous for denying veterans claim and the BVA may grant your claim depending on the evidence in your records.