Advice From the Big Guy - A Military Disability Blog: VA Exam Medical Histories – Two Simplifying...

I recently had a physician who performs C&P Exams for VA Disability ask about the best, fastest way to write a patient’s medical history.




This is an excellent question. Physicians on the whole spend an immense amount of time writing their reports, sometimes more time than they spend with the patient. This is because it is often very important for things to be recorded correctly, especially when it comes to disability. But is this really the best use of their time? Are there ways to speed up the recording process so physicians are free to spend more time with their patients?
Recording a patient’s medical history in a C&P Exam is important, but can be incredibly time-consuming. There are certain things that the VA must know in order to determine a case correctly. If information is missing, they’ll either misjudge the case or send it back for the missing info (thus causing a significant delay in the processing time).