I recently filed for TDIU because of my tbi and ptsd symptoms getting worse. I am currently rated at 90%. The appointment was with an outside evaluator contracted by the VA. My experience was disappointing where they led me to an empty room to wait, the mh physician came into the room left the door open and started reading the disclaimer out loud. I was upset and firmly said to them "this is a private matter, and any appointment will be accomplished in the privacy of an office behind closed doors". Then after trying to fill out the multiple pages of paperwork in private with the door closed, they said i was taking too long and they would do the interview before the paperwork reflecting ptsd, depression symptoms etc was completed. Then the physician was asking the names of specific providers, which i had trouble remembering. After that they complained about my records having over 5,000 pages. I explained to them the treatment was from December 2022 forward at a particular va facility which they still said they couldn't find. Later I called their voice mail and left a message with the providers name after looking it up on mhv. This this a routine experience for contracted comp and pen evaluations, or should i be crying foul at this point?
Hopefully this isn't the new way the VA wants to treat our veterans...
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sox
Hi Everyone!
I recently filed for TDIU because of my tbi and ptsd symptoms getting worse. I am currently rated at 90%. The appointment was with an outside evaluator contracted by the VA. My experience was disappointing where they led me to an empty room to wait, the mh physician came into the room left the door open and started reading the disclaimer out loud. I was upset and firmly said to them "this is a private matter, and any appointment will be accomplished in the privacy of an office behind closed doors". Then after trying to fill out the multiple pages of paperwork in private with the door closed, they said i was taking too long and they would do the interview before the paperwork reflecting ptsd, depression symptoms etc was completed. Then the physician was asking the names of specific providers, which i had trouble remembering. After that they complained about my records having over 5,000 pages. I explained to them the treatment was from December 2022 forward at a particular va facility which they still said they couldn't find. Later I called their voice mail and left a message with the providers name after looking it up on mhv. This this a routine experience for contracted comp and pen evaluations, or should i be crying foul at this point?
Hopefully this isn't the new way the VA wants to treat our veterans...
Thanks in advance!
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