This lesson will explain your role as an examiner within the five-step C&P disability claims process.

Because C&P examinations are legal as well as clinical in nature, you'll need to become familiar with terms from the United States Code (USC) and Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that are commonly used by VBA in communicating to you about an examination. Those terms will be defined.

The names of several court cases have also become part of the vocabulary used in C&P clinics because they have influenced how C&P examinations are conducted and documented. This lesson will introduce you to some of these cases.