When veterans apply for VA compensation, VA will almost always send them to one of its own examiners. These examinations are called Compensation and Pension examinations, or C&P exams, and they are critical to determining whether the veteran will be awarded VA disability benefits. Because of the VA’s backlog, a lot of these examinations are now handled by private contractors, such as QTC or LHI, instead of being conducted by VA. One of the primary reasons that claims are deni