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- [Narrator] When veterans apply for VA compensation, VA will almost always send them to one of its own examiners. These examinations are called compensation and pension examinations, or C&P exams, and they are critical to determining whether the veteran will be awarded VA disability benefits. Because of the VA's backlog, a lot of these examinations are now handled by private contractors, such as QTC or LHI, instead of being conducted by VA. One of the primary reasons that claims are denied is because the C&P examiner determined that the veteran's condition was not related to military service, or that the condition wasn't severe enough to meet a higher disability rating. When I look through claims files, I always look very, very closely at what the examiner wrote in the opinion. If the only evidence in the file is a C&P exam that is unfavorable, the veteran's claim, it is extremely unlikely that the VA will grant the claim. Some VA compensation and pension examiners, especially contract examiners, act as gatekeepers, protecting the VA disability process. Some of them do everything they can and find any reason to deny a claim. C&P exams are just opinions and they are not infallible. If the VA relies on an opinion that contains some kind of error or oversight, the veteran may be able to convince VA to either provide a new C&P examination, or to rely on some other medical evidence in the file instead. VA regulations prohibit adjudicators from relying on an inadequate medical examination to deny a claim. You can trust that VA will, on its own accord, determine that the examination is inadequate. Look the exam over and see if you can spot any factual errors. So, how do you know if the examination that the VA relied on in your case is inadequate? First off, you need to obtain a copy of the examination and look it over. You can trust that VA will, on its own accord, determine that the examination is inadequate. Look the exam over and see if you can spot any factual errors. I always take a close look through the claims file and make sure the doctor got all of the facts right. If the facts that the doctor relied on are incorrect, the examination is probably inadequate. Other times, the examiner missed something important in the file, which also would render the examination inadequate. Perhaps the examiner is providing an examination that was out of his field of expertise. The examiner is also under a legal obligation to provide some sort of rationale for the opinion. A bare-bones conclusion is not good enough. If the examiner simply gives a conclusion without describing his thought process, the examination is likely inadequate. It isn't always easy to tell if an examination is inadequate, but it is important that VA is using only adequate examinations to rate cases. A flawed examination can ruin an otherwise good case. Take action. What veterans can do and who...