ptsd Recieved Copy Of Ptsd C&p Report Today

[Guest jangrin]

Is it standard for the report to have included the questions that the VA has requested to be answered? and then the doctors answer??

Also, could someone tell me what is a, "Post Traumatic Stress disorder like symptom?"

There is so much in this exam that is just flat out incorrect, lies, and misinformation. It is an out and out joke to a persons intelligence.

Also, done with NO RECORDS, NO C-FILE, NO QUESTIONAIRES. I wish I could scan this.

I will fax this to someone with a scanner so you all can read this so called C&P report, what a joke.

Jangrin

Edited March 23, 2007 by jangrin

[Cavman]

jangrin:

Wow....this looks really different than my dignosis. It almost looks lazy, like the guy wanted to get to lunch. You either have PTSD or you don`t. What is PTSD like symtoms?! Were any of these diagnosis listed as sc?

If I remember right, your husband was a combat vet. I knew I would have trouble communicating my many stressors so I went off by myself and wrote 4 pages and mailed it in. When I showed up for the c & p he stated I didn`t have to even mention combat situations. He said he didn`t want to upset me. My point is I believe your husband should get off by hisself and write a few pages of the worse things that happened and how it affects him. Mail it in and maybe hand carry it to the VARO. He could explain he has much trouble talking about it.

Cavman

[Vike17]

In this situation not having the C-file during the exam would only be grounds for an appeal if the examiner was asked to make an opinion as to whether or not the veteran's current PTSD was related to his service or not.

Like I said in my previuos post, maybe the VA took the records from SSA and conceded the nexus and the only thing the C&P exam was for was to establish the current disabling affects of your husband's PTSD. You're already talking about appealing but haven't even been rated yet. Right now it's too early get all worked up over it. You'll have to wait for the rating decision to see what the RVSR decided. Just try to relax and wait for the rating decision.

Vike 17

[betrayed]

The report says, "clearly describe specific stressor event(s) veteran considered particularly traumatic. Clearly describe the stressor. Particularly if the stressor is a type of persoal assault, including sexual assault, provide information, with examples, if possible.

I told my husband that I am waiting for the "black Heliocopters" to come to our house and men in black clothes to break down our doors and take our computer and papers because we have the VA template for processing PTSD claims.

Jangrin

From Initial Evaluation for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

clearly describe specific stressor event(s) veteran considered particularly traumatic. Clearly describe the stressor. Particularly if the stressor is a type of personal assault, including sexual assault, provide information, with examples, if possible.

Maybe I misunderstand, I dont know what your making a stink about, that is straight from the Evaluation for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Worksheet which is available on the web for anyone. You dont have any secret information.

All the worksheets can be found at Index to Disability Examination Worksheets

[Pete53]

Jan:

You need an outside medical opinion to win in my opinion. Althought I agree with you that this exam is bogus I think Vike is on the money when he said that its going to count unless he had an opinion about a link to service. That exam is dealing with now.

I wonder how a man with PTSD who is currently on SSD be a 60 GAF? Because you are good at this Jan you might request a hearing so that you can refute a bad exam.

Many of the C&P Docs are Hacks or so old that they should have retired years ago.

[Guest jangrin]

Betrayed,

You are right! Thats exactly where the entire report was made from. It is the C+P work sheet. Thanks for letting me know, because I really thought that it was some kind of proprietary questions.

Unfortunately, when the doctor started to do the initial exam without any records (C-FILE) he should have canceled the exam or made arragements to re-schedule. That is unless, like Vike 17 said, that he was only asked to determine the current level of disability.Sindce this was the first C+P for PTSD, I suspect he was actually doing the full blown exam for the VA.

Thanks I really didn't know about this work sheet. I feel better knowing that he was trying to follow protocol and not just a guy who didn't know how to write a report.

[Berta]

I am a little confused here Jangrin-

Does your husband have a current documented diagnosis and treatment records established already from a real shrink?

Does he have a medications profile too for meds to treat PTSD?

Was he combat vet with combats awards and/or PH?

Terry Higgins is Right!

"The most important queston is not being discussed. Did the examiner find a nexus for your PTSD to service?"

Did the examiner know of or even ask of any military stressor whatsoever for PTSD to be from?

We went through this too in a C & P for a higher rating and the c file was lost.

Some three tour PTSD Nam vet had gotten Rod all worked up in the waiting room and Rod didnt want to talk to the C & P shrink much.

His stressors had already been confirmed anyhow-

your case is the initial stuff-the doctor should have asked about stressors-Did he? were you present? did your husband say he did?

This is what the VA lives for:

"Anxiety disorder NOS (Not otherwise specified) with posttraumatic stress disorder like symtoms and depression NOS."

If there is no nexus statement in the C & P for any or all of these-

the VA has a way out to deny the claim and also

it might show here that the doc who did this report didnt have a clue -no medical rationale whatsoever-

what is "PTSD like symptoms"-

a good way of a doctor to say the vet doesnt really have PTSD- just symptoms like PTSD.

Bizarre-

did the report give any possible service nexus at all for anxiety and/or depression and not PTSD?

Whatever they call it- the money is the same- if nexus is found to be in service.