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From Chuck Weber, your Veteran Service Officer... |
C & P Exam Delays |
Because of
the current CoVid quarantine, the doctors are not seeing patients face
to face. Some C&P exams may be performed virtually, using Zoom,
telephone or some other similar process. Most, however, will
require a face to face with a doctor. The delay in getting a C&P will
delay a decision on your VA claim. However, if the claim is
approved you will still be compensated back to the date that you filed
the claim.
The current backlog for these C&Ps nationwide
is about 165,000. The VA is starting to schedule appointments for these
C&Ps and they are using a civilian contractor to make many of the
appointments. The contractor is Veterans Evaluation Services (VES) which
is located in Texas. If you are contacted by phone, email or
direct mail by VES….they are
legitimate. They will ask you for your birthdate
and other personal info (but not your SSN) to verify that you are the
veteran. You will need to give them that info and again….the are
legitimate.…so it is okay to give the info. VES will
give you a case number that will look like this * 123-456-12345 * but
the numbers will be different. Make sure you write down that
number and save it. You can contact VES at
877.637.8387.
There is no current projection how long it will take to get the C&P exam
scheduled due to the different dates for recovery phases in each State.
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