Post by CherryCan you please explain to me something I don't understand about the
short form? A question asks if you have seen doctors or clinics, and
if you say "yes", and have MIP, then you will get a CDR? I don't
understand this reasoning? I am MIP and seeing doctors. How can I
avoid a CDR? Not answer the question?
In the first place, MIE, MIP, and MINE do not automatically correspond
to HIGH, MEDIUM, and LOW respectively. Most cases are rated MIPs, but
most short-forms are sent to LOWs. The latter categories, developed
to appease Congress that all cases were at least being considered, is
based on a complex statistical scheme resulting from past CDR payoffs,
and which considers multiple factors. The MIE, MIP, MINE
categorization is based primarily on the nature of the impairment,
although age is sometimes factored-in.
In other words, you could very well be a MIP with a LOW probability of
CDR payoff.
Secondly, if you *are* a MEDIUM or HIGH, and answered YES to question
5, they don't automatically do a CDR. It's a judgment call in the
individual case by the examiner or consultant, after looking at other
factors, e.g., date of last decision, basis code, etc.
Jack