Healthcare for ADF Veterans
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Bulk Billed Medical Care.
DVA Claims.
Permanent Impairment Assessments.
Canossa Hospital, 169 Seventeen Mile Rocks Rd, Oxley, QLD. 4075
Fax: (07) 3036 5846
Health Care
Get well and stay well.
We provide Veterans health care, recognising the unique nature of military service and the resultant health effects.
We use DVA and Medicare to optimise Veterans Health – to get you well and to keep you well.
DVA Claims
Get your claims up.
We specialise in DVA diagnosis of disease in accordance with the DVA Statements of Principles for DVA Claims.
This is done through a process of history, examination and investigation to get your DVA Claims processed.
Permanent Impairment Assessments
Get it right the first time.
We utilise clinical acumen and understanding of the DVA processes to do permanent impairment assessments right.
This results in a comprehensive and independent report aligned with the GARP and the AMA Impairment Guides.
Latest Articles
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...