Filing for PTSD? How To Handle VA C&P Exam!

This video was filmed late last year. Our firm is still practicing social distancing with newer videos.

0:00 Introduction
0:20 Do I have to attend my C&P exam?
1:11 What if a veteran cannot attend their C&P exam? Can I reschedule?
2:04 What to do once you arrive at C&P exam for PTSD
2:50 Being honest during your C&P exam for PTSD
3:45 Do C&P examiners actually review all my medical records?
4:15 Should I expect my examiner to know my issues already or do I need to explain all my symptoms and relevant medical issues?

Speakers
Natalia Jofre - COO
Rachel Cheek - Attorney

[matthewferrick]

I got 70% PTSD filed an appeal and finally got 100%PTSD P&T. I saw two psychologists and a psychiatrist over a period of about two years to get it all done.

[tommarinevet]

Always be ready for the C&P exam, be prepared....thanks you for the info once again..keep them coming

[D.BeMe]

I think it's great that you touched on the fact that alot of us don't want to leave and don't want to associate with people.
I'm a 100% for PTSD and my wife just applied for my P&T and they want me to see another psych. Evaluation. Is this common? already

[joycereitor]

We have to go through it all again after living through it, explaining it while in-service, out of service to multiple MH Specialists? It's not easy to explain and throws me back to the place which can take time to get out of again.

[puppethound]

The VA will just deny your claim....period... no matter what. I feel that most of the VA reps for disabled vets, aren't vets themselves.

[skoal]

What you just said just happened to me. The examiner did not go over my file, she said her system was down. So she just asked a few questions, not many. I am waiting to see if she did not ask enough questions, we did not cover half of my symptoms, but we covered many stressors so to speak.

[blindsey]

I really wish they would just review my medical records because in that exam there's going to be emotional triggers

[ajwalker]

People do decades of service, get roughed up, document issues over the years and yet their compensation for life comes down to a C&P examiner with an inclination to deny and who may be a jerk or having a bad day. Sounds about right

[ExtremeRecluse]

My PTSD C&P doctor asked me how much money I made at my job. The stressor he was working with could not be proven (classified). I had another stressor (Assault). I asked him if he could read it. He refused. He wasted 45 minutes trying to authenticate the stressor. I could tell these exams were his sole source of income. I don't expect anything good to come from it.

[PostalWorker]

If you’re trying to get help and are working they’ll be sympathetic otherwise they’ll think you’re lazy in my opinion

[rickbeekman.]

I have PTSD on My Record.
I was Assaulted with a Wrench which caused a Stll visible 3 inch Scar while sound asleep at 2 AM on board in The Meditteranean Sea. Never found the Culprit everybody was asleep no witnesses but Medical sewed me up. and it is on my Medical Record.., (Navy)
I got 5 other claims in House right now

[ExcaliburRings]

Thank you for this helpful information!

[hobo-a-go-govideo]

Is it ok to ask the examiner if they have reviewed the medical records?

[Mr_ClayU]

What do I do if I "failed" the exam and the examiner didn't qualify me as having PTSD!

[rickbeekman.]

PTSD is on my Service Medical record...at 2AM One morning aboard an Aircraft Carrier I was Assaulted with a Wrench by an unknown Assailant, had 4 stitches and have a 4 inch Scar on my right cheek and it was documented on my record.. i.have yet to be contacted for a CP Exam along with other different Medical issues (5) also submitted in 2019..
Any idea what VA would consider a Rating on the PTSD, Scar, and Assault?

[ministercarithers]

How can I get the VA to schedule my C&P exam? What are the steps involved?

[liezlbayot]

There is no PTSD C&P exam .They dont design C&P exams for specific mental illness's. If you have to prep for a mental illness exam then you dont have one.

[frankshanks]

You cannot be a real VA law firm telling veterans they have to go to a C&P exam. A veteran has every right to submit a private DBQ from their own doctor. The DBQ is what’s required, not the C&P exam. That private DBQ has to be held with the same credibility as a VA C&P exam by law and a veterans claim cannot be denied for not attending the C&P when a private doctor DBQ was submitted. I didn’t go to a single VA scheduled C&P exam and I’m rated at 100%.

[jameslett-tkdy]

Damn! Initials don't do it, folks. What is "C & P, MST, VSO, DBQ" and all the other initials?

[liezlbayot]

Dont diagnose yourself with PTSD. Put your symptoms on the claim and let the VA diagnose you.