Veterans Health Centre
70 Hall St, Sherwood, QLD
Fax: (07) 3036 5846
Chart Reviews
Experienced Doctors review your Med Chart find all your claims- We review your entire Med Chart (UMR and JEHDI).
- We find all of your entitled claims.
- We create directories containing all the supporting information for each claim.
- We send it to you for your further action.
- We show you how to submit your claims withour handy How To guide.
- You are then free to submit your claims yourself, with an Advocate, or submit your DVA Claims with us.
DVA Claims
Medicolegal Reporting and Claims Submission- We create a comprehensive medicolegal report that facilitates Acceptance of your claim.
- We create the DVA Diagnosis form, with the correct diagnosis and SOP code.
- We collate the supporting information to support the claim
- We upload all of this to your DVA MyService account.
- Cost is $275 per claim with the Dr, or bulk billed with our trained Paralegals. This is currently bulk billed to DVA.
Permanent Impairment Assessments
Medicolegal Reporting of Permanent Impairment- We conduct Permanent Impairment Assessments in strict accordance with the DVA GARP and the AMA5 (American Medical Association) guide to Whole Person Impairment.
- These typically take about 2-8 hours, depending on the number of claims required to be processed. Sometimes they can take multiple days to complete.
- We create an Independent Report, as well as complete the DVA forms for creation of a comprehensive medicolegal report with no ambiguty, and resultant impairment allocation with DVA.
Diagnostic Assessments
Medicolegal Reporting of Diagnosis- We conduct Diagnostic Impairment Assessments in strict accordance with the DVA Statements of Principles , DVA GARP and the AMA5 (American Medical Association) guide to Whole Person Impairment.
- These typically take about 2-8 hours, depending on the number of claims required to be diagnosed.
- We create an Independent Report, as well as complete the DVA forms for creation of a comprehensive medicolegal report with no ambiguty, and resultant impairment allocation with DVA.
Veterans Health Care
Comprehensive healthcare for the Veteran community- We provide comprehensive bulk-billed health care for ADF Veterans
- Having served ourselves, we understand ADF service and the nature of the mental and physical injuries that service can impart.
- We provide compassion, understanding and comprehensive healthcare knowledge.
- We do comprehensive Veterans Health Assessments after discharge from the ADF.
- We create comprehensive GP Management Plans, Team Care Arrangements , Mental Health Care Plans to provide world-class healthcare.
- We have a network of Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists and Specialists to create health care teams.
- We have good a relationship with providers of social support services, such as Mates4Mates, for the provision of “compassionate bridging” and rebuilding of self.
Latest Articles
DVA and Mefloquine
A paper describing the current position of DVA regarding Mefloquine and Tafenoquine Concerns have been raised about links between the antimalarial medications, mefloquine and tafenoquine, and adverse health effects. What is malaria? Malaria is a deadly disease...
How to Obtain your ADF Medical Records
Former Members of the Australian Defence Force can obtain their medical records via requesting them from Defence Records in Canberra Access to service records How you access your service records will depend on the type and age of the records. Some records are held by...
DVA Mefloquine Tafenoquine Health Checks
Veterans Health Centre has partnered with BUPA and DVA to provide health assessments for Veterans who are concerned about their exposure to Anti-Malarial medications Mefloquine and Tafenoquine used in Timor-Leste in the early 2000s. The Department of Veterans' Affairs...
Update 30 Nov – 12 DVA Claims found on Chart Review
Today we completed a Chart Review for a Veteran who booked in for a Permanent Impairment Assessment after initial assessment with an RSL Advocate. He had 10 claims in, but it was a mix of Orthopaedic Conditions that seemed like it had missed some obvious claims - he...
19 November 2020 – DVA Diagnosis – JEHDI file review
Today in Claims Caddy we have had the chance to peruse the medical file on CD of a current Air Force Member. We found 21 new claims, mainly discrete injuries, and were able to refine the diagnoses for some currently claimed conditions. The patient was provided with...
Tinnitus Scoring – the Nuances
There is something to be aware of when assessing theseverity of Tinnitus, in that there is a potential disconnect between the scoring systems used by Medical Professionals - Doctors, Audiologists vs the scoring system used by DVA. Lets examine the...
Permanent Impairment Assessment – 9 Nov 20
We completed a 9 claim Permenent Impairment Assessment today. Done over multiple sessions, with some fairly complex interplay and nuances with the conditions, we completed this over a 2 week timeframe, in slow time as to get the details all correct.
Permanent Impairment Assessment – 10 Nov
Today we completed a Permanent Impairment Assessment, just a small one with 4 conditions. This took about 4 hours all up, and was completely finished in this time, with the report submitted by lunchtime that day.
Permanent Impairment Assessments – now Australia-wide
Permanent Impairment Assessments have been now made available throughout Australia. For anyone with more than 4 claims to be assessed, we are happy to assist with the cost of travel for getting these Assessments done in Brisbane. Dr Thomas Perkins from the Veterans...
Help with DVA Claims now available Australia-wide
At the Veterans Health Centre, we are happy to be able to offer assistance with DVA claims nation-wide, all over Australia. More information is available at https://vhc.org.au/dva-claims.
DVA Claims Caddy
DVA Claims Caddy is a fully turn-key service, that enables you to find all the claims available in your medical chart, at a low cost and with no effort. Details of this service are at https://vhc.org.au/dva-claims-caddy. WIth this service, we take the time to trawl...
Update – 12 Sep 20
Today we were visited by a 12 month post ADF discharge Veteran for a Veterans Health Check and setup of his basic healthcare needs. We focussed on his mental health in this consult, with a view to setting up his mental health care plan, support services including...
Update – 11 Sep 20
Today we saw an elderly Gold Card Vietnam Veteran for takeover of his healthcare, and ongoing checkups and organisation of age-appropriate screening and vaccinations, after initially meeting him for the first time a week ago. In that time we have sorted out routine...
Update – 10 Sep 2020
Today we met a young female ADF veteran, recently discharged. We completed her Veterans Health Check, did her GP Management Plan, her Team Care Arrangement (useful Medicare tools to organise healthcare), did her referrals and added two extra DVA claims in on her DVA...
Update – 9 Sep 2020
Today we helped a currently serving ADF Member who is is the process of discharging from the ADF. Over the course of an hour, we worked through a lengthy history, completed 9 DVA Diagnosis forms to assist with his DVA claims, worked through some possible claims that...
Update – 5 Sep 2020
Today I completed a MAMMOTH 28 claim Permanent Impairment Assessment for a young Veteran who was medically discharged. This took 2 days of taking a history, examining, assessing investigations, measuring ranges of motion and grip strength, and integrating all of this...
DVA’s guides to assess compensation
DVA's guides to assess compensation Courtesy of https://www.dva.gov.au/financial-support/compensation-claims/laws-cover-claims/our-guides-assess-compensation This page provides a brief explanation of the legislative instruments used to assess the degree of incapacity...