VA follow up tdrl

[OmeletCookingChamp]

Hello I've been on tdrl for almost eight months now. I received a call saying they wanted to check up on my anxiety.

My only concern is that I decided to stop seeing a psychiatrist at the VA and I'm in the process of trying to seek help outside the VA.

Just not sure how this will affect everything when I see them for the follow up to determined whether my increase should go up or down.

 

[Warrior644]

Hello I've been on tdrl for almost eight months now. I received a call saying they wanted to check up on my anxiety.

My only concern is that I decided to stop seeing a psychiatrist at the VA and I'm in the process of trying to seek help outside the VA.

Just not sure how this will affect everything when I see them for the follow up to determined whether my increase should go up or down.

Indeed, changing medical providers is a common occurrence and it's not a mandate to keep or remain with any single medical provider while placed on the DoD military TDRL.

As such, the key factor is to show a consistency of healthcare treatments for the specific PEB-referred unfitting condition(s) determined to be "permanent and unstable" which placed you on the DoD military TDRL.

Although, you shall receive a TDRL medical re-examination by either a MTF medical provider, a DoVA provider, or a civilian medical provider contracted by your military branch of service, the additional medical documentation is needed to show a pattern and to validate the symptomology for assignment of a DoD disability rating in accordance with the criteria as annotated in 38 CFR VASRD. Take care!

Thus, I quite often comment that "possessing well-informed knowledge is truly a powerful equalizer!"

Best Wishes!

 

[C_nasstty]

Hello I've been on tdrl for almost eight months now. I received a call saying they wanted to check up on my anxiety.

My only concern is that I decided to stop seeing a psychiatrist at the VA and I'm in the process of trying to seek help outside the VA.

Just not sure how this will affect everything when I see them for the follow up to determined whether my increase should go up or down.

What were your unfitting findings to be placed on TDRL if you don’t mind me asking because I’m about to start an MEB Next month for PTSD/Anxiety