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VA DBQ · Severity Documentation

VA DBQs Completed by a Former C&P Examiner

For joint, back and neck conditions I examine you myself on a live video call from your home. Every other DBQ is completed from your records and your written answers. $249 flat, signed, usually back within 24 hours of the exam and your complete records.
  • Completed and signed personally by David Protaziuk, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, a former VA C&P examiner
  • Live video exam included for joint, back and neck DBQs. No travel.
  • Flat $249. Nexus + DBQ Bundle $699 if you also need the service connection.
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Why send it to me

A Real Examiner, Not a Form Filler

01

I Used to Be the Examiner.

Three years as a VA C&P examiner. I know what the rater needs to see on every line of the form, and I put it there.

02

I Examine You Myself.

For joint, back and neck DBQs I take your history and guide you through each movement on a live video call, then record the measurements on the form. No guessing at range of motion from paperwork.

03

Honest Before You Pay.

If your records and your answers will not support the DBQ you want, I tell you before any form is completed, and you pay nothing.

What the DBQ establishes

What a DBQ Does for Your Claim

A Disability Benefits Questionnaire is the VA’s own form for documenting how severe a condition is. The rater assigns your percentage from the boxes on that form: range of motion, pain on movement, flare-ups, frequency of attacks, medication, functional loss. A DBQ does not prove service connection by itself. It documents severity. If you also need the link to service, the Nexus + DBQ Bundle covers both.
You can submit a DBQ completed by a private provider with your claim. The VA may still schedule its own exam, and if it does, your DBQ stays in your file as evidence.

Joint, back and neck DBQs

How the Live Video Exam Works

1

Order and Send Your Records

After checkout, email your records and your written answers to my questions to dprotaziuk@veteranmedicalopinions.com. The inbox is HIPAA-secured. Tell me which condition the DBQ is for.

2

Your Video Exam, About Half an Hour

I email you to schedule it and tell you exactly what to have ready. On the call I take your history, then guide you through each movement for the joint or spine segment and record your range of motion, where pain starts, what happens after repeated movement, and how flare-ups affect you. If a live call does not work for you, you can send me recorded videos instead.

3

Signed DBQ, Usually Within 24 Hours

You receive the completed, signed DBQ with an Examiner's Addendum that explains the findings and the exam method in plain language for the rater. Changes are free until you file. If the VA denies, I read the decision letter free, and a rebuttal is $199.

Which DBQs Get a Video Exam

Live video exam

Back and neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands and fingers, hips, knees, ankles and feet, and any other condition rated on range of motion.

Records and written answers

Sleep apnea, headaches and migraines, GI conditions, hypertension, skin, sinusitis and rhinitis, and other conditions rated on history, test results and symptom frequency. If a video call would add nothing to your DBQ, I do not make you sit through one.

What Is Included for $249

  • The current VA DBQ form for your condition, completed and signed
  • Live video exam for joint, back and neck conditions
  • Examiner's Addendum explaining the findings for the rater
  • Review of the records you send, with the exam method documented on the form
  • Free changes until you file your claim
  • If the VA denies, I read the decision letter free. A rebuttal is $199
Each condition is its own DBQ at $249. Paired joints, like both knees, go on one form.

Need the diagnosis and the service connection too?

Nexus + DBQ Bundle, $699

If the condition is not yet formally diagnosed, or you still need to connect it to your service, the bundle adds a full nexus letter for $699 total, $99 less than ordering the two separately. I can establish the diagnosis from your records or on the same video call, so you do not need a separate doctor’s visit first.
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Example

Headaches / Migraines DBQ
Sample DBQ
An anonymized DBQ I completed, on the VA’s own form.
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Transparent pricing

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$249 flat for one DBQ: the signed form, the live video exam where it applies, the Examiner’s Addendum and free changes until you file. No consultation fee, no percentage of your benefits.
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DBQ Questions

Does the VA accept a DBQ from a private provider?
Yes. DBQs are the VA’s own forms and the VA accepts them from private providers. The form records who examined you and how. The VA may still schedule its own C&P exam, and if it does, your DBQ stays in your file as evidence.
I guide you through each movement and record the measurements with you on camera. When I email you to schedule the exam I tell you what to have ready so the measurements are accurate. If a movement cannot be measured reliably, I say so on the form rather than guess.
I document what I find. The DBQ is my examination, and the rating follows the findings. If the findings will not support the rating you are hoping for, I tell you on the call.
No. It is an examination for the purpose of completing your DBQ. I am not your treating provider, so do not list me as one on VA forms, and the visit does not create a treatment relationship.
For a standalone DBQ, yes, the condition should already be diagnosed in your records. If it is not, the $699 Nexus + DBQ Bundle lets me establish the diagnosis myself from your records or on the video call.
Usually within a few days of ordering. I email you after checkout to set a time.

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