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I have been dealing with the medical form 21-2680 "Examination for Housebound Status or Permanent Need for Regular A & A". Each of my parents' doctors have made glaring errors, omissions, or lack of medical terms in the form. (Saying my Dad is continent, when that is one of his main physical problems; referring to my Mom's short and long term memory problems as (mere) "forgetfulness"-- and we were THERE for the mini-exam and interview and still such layman's terms were used.) I have been spending days reviewing each of their forms and correcting errors, omissions, and replacing mild layman lingo with medical terminology. I will then kindly re-submit these to each of the doctors and hope they will appreciate and accept my cleaning up their responses or filling in their non-responses. (Anyone else have doctors whom they have had long-term relationships with who seem unable to accurately fill out the form? [Side note: neither Dr answered correctly Question #32. Admittedly, it is a hard one to read, as it has a loooong (53 word) clause before they actually ask the 14 word question which asks basically to describe the claimant's typical day. Both doctors were off-base in their responses.
Anyway, one of many questions I would like to pose here is to confirm that, in my father's case, we should have him actually stop driving. He does currently drive, but just within a 2 mile radius-- any more, then he would become disoriented. So to be safe and truthful, I am thinking we should ask him to stop driving at this time, as the VA will likely not understand/accept the fact that he's doing "ok" with his little jaunts to the drugstore and back to the assisted living center.
Does anyone have feedback on that? We need to build a strong case for him, as he relies heavily on my mother for many things during the day, but she has her own set of serious health problems.
Any input other forum readers could post would be most appreciated.
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