On Thursday, May 28, the US Department of Veterans Affairs issued a press release announcing that it will begin conducting in-person compensation and pension exams (commonly referred to as “C&P Exams”) at select locations across the country. Those locations include the following:
- White River Junction VA Medical Center, Vt.
- Syracuse VAMC, N.Y.
- Erie VAMC, Penn.
- Hershel “Woody” Williams VAMC, W. Va.
- Salem VA Healthcare System (HCS), Va.
- Ralph H. Johnson VAMC, S.C.
- West Palm Beach VAMC, Fla.
- James H. Quillen VA HCS, Tenn.
- Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC, Ohio
- Tomah VAMC, Wis.
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital Madison VAMC, Wis.
- Kansas City VAMC, Mo.
- Central Arkansas Veterans HCS, Ark.
- South Texas VA HCS, Texas
- Fort Harrison VAMC, Mont.
- Puget Sound VAMC, Wash.
- Boise VAMC, Idaho
- VA Southern Nevada HCS, Nev.
- VA Southern Arizona HCS, Ariz.
- Fargo HCS, N.D.
According to VA, veterans who are not within the service areas of these locations will continue to receive C&P Exams via “telehealth appointments or the acceptable clinical evidence process, which includes a review of existing medical records to provide information needed to complete the claim, whenever possible.” Veterans who receive services from the re-opening locations may elect to postpone examinations until a later date “without impact to their disability claim.”
Please feel free to contact us directly if you have a question about this or any other issue related to a VA service connected disability claim filed by you or a loved one. Our Wisconsin veterans disability claims lawyers can be reached by telephone at 608-490-9449 or contact us online.