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AnotherArmyGuy

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I'm currently on TDLR. I have an upcoming reassessment for one of my conditions with/for the DOD in a couple of months but I'll be out of country. Is there someone I can contact to notify and see if I can do the assessment earlier or later than the expected month noted in my 199?

The same goes for my VA reassessment (same condition). Do you think the VA will allow me to be seen earlier or later than expected?

I'm worried that when I'm out of country, I get a call that doesn't go through or somehow I don't get any emails, or if I am contacted, they expect me to do the reassessment while I'm not in the US.

Also, how often will either the DOD or VA say, nah you're good and put me on permanent status without a reassessment? Any one experience this?

Thanks for any input and happy holidays!
 
AnotherArmyGuy said:
I'm currently on TDLR. I have an upcoming reassessment for one of my conditions with/for the DOD in a couple of months but I'll be out of country. Is there someone I can contact to notify and see if I can do the assessment earlier or later than the expected month noted in my 199?

The same goes for my VA reassessment (same condition). Do you think the VA will allow me to be seen earlier or later than expected?

I'm worried that when I'm out of country, I get a call that doesn't go through or somehow I don't get any emails, or if I am contacted, they expect me to do the reassessment while I'm not in the US.

Also, how often will either the DOD or VA say, nah you're good and put me on permanent status without a reassessment? Any one experience this?

Thanks for any input and happy holidays!
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You can contact the office of Soldier's Counsel which is the assigned legal for TDRL. See link and then select appropriate region for contact.


As for the VA side I would reach out and see if you can get an appointment. I will say a lot of times they don't actually have an exam in person. So for mental health they review your records and if you have been seeing docs at the VA they will just look at those and then decide. 6 months after my wife got out the VA reviewed her mental health and changed it to static without any appointments. That was her only unstable condition so the VA changed her rating from 100% to 100% P&T.

Also, the same goes for TDRL exams. If mental health and you have been going to the VA for mental health appointments they review them and make a decision on your PDRL rating without an in person exam.
 
Provis said:
You can contact the office of Soldier's Counsel which is the assigned legal for TDRL. See link and then select appropriate region for contact.


As for the VA side I would reach out and see if you can get an appointment. I will say a lot of times they don't actually have an exam in person. So for mental health they review your records and if you have been seeing docs at the VA they will just look at those and then decide. 6 months after my wife got out the VA reviewed her mental health and changed it to static without any appointments. That was her only unstable condition so the VA changed her rating from 100% to 100% P&T.

Also, the same goes for TDRL exams. If mental health and you have been going to the VA for mental health appointments they review them and make a decision on your PDRL rating without an in person exam.
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Thanks for the reply. I'm not seeing the VA for therapy, rather via tricare/outside provider. Maybe I should transition to VA therapy or get copies when asked during reassessment...
 
I also have the same question about non-va providers and re-examinations... and how to have the DoD see you are following up on your conditions but with a civilian doctor.

There should be a process to upload your civilian providers into the VA medical records system. When I asked at a VA hospital records department they wanted me to give them to a VA doctor to upload. Ok, well I'm being seen by an outside provider...so it's circular logic
 
Provis said:
You can contact the office of Soldier's Counsel which is the assigned legal for TDRL. See link and then select appropriate region for contact.


As for the VA side I would reach out and see if you can get an appointment. I will say a lot of times they don't actually have an exam in person. So for mental health they review your records and if you have been seeing docs at the VA they will just look at those and then decide. 6 months after my wife got out the VA reviewed her mental health and changed it to static without any appointments. That was her only unstable condition so the VA changed her rating from 100% to 100% P&T.

Also, the same goes for TDRL exams. If mental health and you have been going to the VA for mental health appointments they review them and make a decision on your PDRL rating without an in person exam.
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I was seeing the VA but still had to do an exam for TDRL. My understanding is that if you get an exam by the VA specifically for the condition for reevaluation they can use that. Just seeing the VA was not enough for me to avoid reexam with the army.
 
Tactically, the reason why I prefer that my TDRL clients see Tricare providers versus VA providers for their behavioral health issues is very straightforward- if you have a bad interaction with a VA provider who downplays your symptoms or with whom you do not get along, you can change providers but those electronic records stay in there forever and influence follow-on providers as well as subsequent reviewers at the PEB. By using Tricare providers, you can check your records every few months to see whether your provider is accurately capturing your symptoms. If he or she is not accurately describing your symptoms and seems unwilling to consider the points that you raise in your sessions, then you simply change providers and there is no lingering damage from the previous adverse interaction.
 
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