If you’re a veteran seeking VA benefits for a mental health condition, finding the right doctor for a VA mental health claim is crucial.
Your doctor’s opinion significantly impacts your claim’s success.
Here’s why:
Accurate Diagnosis: A qualified mental health professional accurately diagnoses your condition, which is essential for establishing service connection.
Strong Medical Evidence: A well-written independent medical opinion provides strong evidence to support your claim. This includes documenting your symptoms, treatment history, and the impact of your condition on your daily life.
Understanding of VA Requirements: A doctor familiar with VA requirements provides the necessary information to support your claim. Your doctor needs to know what evidence the VA is looking for and conduct your assessment accordingly.
Advocacy for Your Case: A compassionate and experienced doctor advocates for you. They keep your best interest in mind and support your case so that you can receive the benefits you deserve.
How to Find the Right Doctor
Here are some tips for finding the right doctor for your VA mental health claim:
VMHA Psychologists Specialize in Independent Medical Opinions
At VMHA, our doctors specialize in providing independent medical opinions to veterans filing a VA mental health claim. We know the information the VA needs to service connect you and can give you the support you need.
VMHA Psychologists Are:
Carefully Selected: Our psychologists are doctoral-level licensed clinicians who embody our core values of compassion, excellence, and openness.
Rigorously Trained: Our psychologists go through initial training before seeing clients and engage in an intensive feedback process to help them deliver our high-quality and compassionate client experience.
Tech-Enabled to Ensure Quality: Our psychologists receive a digital workspace that streamlines their experience, provides quality assurance, and helps them deliver high-quality evaluations that are more likely to be accepted by the VA.
An Example of VMHA’s Advocacy
We recently had a veteran sign up for our Independent Medical Opinion because he was previously denied. After reading his denial letter, we learned that the doctor conducting his C&P exam determined that his condition was likely due to service. However, the veteran mentioned two traumatic events that occurred after service. The veteran’s claim was denied due to insufficient evidence. His C&P examiner did not provide adequate evidence of the veteran’s in-service experience or how it led to his mental health condition.
During our pre-screener, we learned that this veteran’s condition likely began during service and was further aggravated by after-service events. Traumatic events can happen to all of us. They can be even more impactful to veterans with mental health conditions. At first, we will conduct a comprehensive mental health assessment to document how his mental health has changed before, during, and after service. Additionally, we will provide nationally recognized mental health screeners and review his treatment records to provide quality evidence for his claim. We are now on track to get this veteran the benefits he deserves. We will support him as his advocate for the life of this claim at no additional charge.
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Disclaimer
This blog post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal or medical advice.
