VA will. 1) Maintain those components of the VA Compensation and Pension examination system necessary to ensure objective assessment of disabilities of Service Members identified by Military Health System (MHS) personnel as requiring a Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) as part of the DES.
VA will. 1) Maintain those components of the VA Compensation and Pension examination system necessary to ensure objective assessment of disabilities of Service Members identified by Military Health System (MHS) personnel as requiring a Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) as part of the DES. 2) Conduct C&P examinations as requested in the DES for both medical conditions to be considered as the basis of fitness for duty determination, and for those claimed by the Service Member. 3) Bill the MHS via the appropriate Regional TRICARE contractors, for those services which are related to medical conditions to be considered as the basis of fitness for duty determination. B. DoD will: 1) Identify to VA those Service Members requiring a MEB, and the medical conditions which may render a Service Member unable to fully perform assigned duties or causes them to fall below Service medical retention standards via completion of Section I of the VA Form 21-0819, VA/DoD Joint Disability Evaluation Board Claim. 2) Reimburse VA for C&P services related to DoD-identified medical conditions to be considered as the basis of evaluation for fitness for duty. The services covered will include a C&P General Medical Examination and other C&P examination services related to medical conditions in Section I of the VA Form 21-0819. Additional conditions may be found later in the DES process that may also be used for determination of fitness. Authorization process for conditions identified in Section I of VA Form 21-0819 is discussed in Attachment D.
VA will. 1. Provide CMS with electronic file(s) in a format defined by CMS, on a timeframe agreed upon by VA and CMS, no more than quarterly. VA will provide CMS with VA’s electronic files via the CMS Acumen Portal, a secured transmission pathway that has been given an Authority to Operate (ATO) and that is to be used as a means to transition the file to and from CMS. The electronic file(s) will include the data fields identified in Section V.C. of this Agreement.
