Physician - Compensation and Pension

About the role

Practitioners are primarily responsible for evaluations pertaining to Compensation and Pension examinations requested by the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). In certain instances - state department examinations - veteran's insurance examinations and periodic or separation examinations of armed services military personnel are performed.

Responsibilities

• Requests consultations and/or make recommendations for additional studies as appropriate
• Performs expanded single organ/system compensation and pension exams as indicated
• Orders tests and various studies to form a diagnosis
• Renders an opinion supported by facts to establish the presence or absence of disease or condition making patient eligible/ineligible for compensation and/or pension
• Performs examinations to include history and physical findings

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
• The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
• Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification