Claims Preparation Service
Medically-driven new claim support, the way DVA claims should be done.
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Identify claims you can lodge through consultation with me, and by conducting a review of your defence medical records. This service will provide you with packaged ‘submission-ready’ documents, ready to submit with your claim to DVA.
I have extensive experience in this area, having previously been contracted by Defence/DVA to provide the same service to members medically separating from Defence under the Transition Medical Assessment Pilot Project (TMAPP). TMAPP was a highly successful, but now-discontinued initiative that assisted separating Defence members with submitting claims for initial liability.
TMAPP was one of the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, and I have modelled this new claims service on the TMAPP project.
This service is for you if:
- You want to lodge claims but aren't quite sure where to start or what to do
- You need a doctor to sign claim lodgment forms (diagnosis forms)
- You want someone to look through your med docs (if needed, if available)
- You don't want to pay a commercial advocate tens of thousands of dollars in fees
This service includes:
- An extensive doctor appointment to identify claims to lodge
- Review Defence medical records and extract supporting evidence - if needed, if available
- Request and compile existing medical evidence (e.g., MRI/X-ray reports, GP/specialist notes)
- Order imaging, where clinically appropriate and possible (on Medicare)
- Complete initial DVA claim paperwork requiring a doctor signature (DVA diagnosis forms)
- Care and treatment advice
- Prepared, submission-ready documents with supporting evidence for you to lodge your claims
- Simple instructions on how to lodge the claims yourself - This is a very easy process
Cost
- Fees are charged at $150 per claim to prepare
- Medical records file review + $200
- Medicare rebates apply to in-person appointments
New claims FAQ
An advocate will typically advise on what claims you can lodge and then lodge the claims for you. An advocate will then liaise with DVA on your behalf throughout the claims process. However;
Fees for most advocates amount to tens of thousands of dollars.
Some advocates won't go through med docs.
With or without an advocate, you will still need to see a doctor to get your claims in the queue with DVA.
No, but with some caveats. Please reach out for further information.
I am a doctor that was once contracted to DVA conducting this service for complex, medically-separating veterans (TMAPP).
This new claim service is modelled off the TMAPP project.
I also care for hundreds of veterans in my general practice.
Yes, which is an easy process done through the DVA section of your MyGov account. We have simple step-by-step guides on how to lodge claims.
Yes.
No - Not all conditions, such as degeneration, will be mentioned in medical records.
Usually within a week of us receiving them.
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