PEBLO of the dates and times. [provide name, title, complete mailing address, phone and fax MSC: number, and e-mail address of MSC], and [provide name, location, phone and fax number, and e-mail PEBLO: address of the PEBLO] participant’s Important: If VA is processing a case electronically, MSCs must also participant’s indicate in the REMARKS section of the request that the participant has an eFolder of a paper claims folder, and instead the eFolder is accessible through Virtual VA or VBMS (whichever applies). MSCs must alter their request for notification, according to the instructions in M21-1, Part III, Subpart i, 2.D.16.b, if the participant is a member of the Reserves or National Guard who is on active duty. not MSCs must select as a priority code when submitting a request for IDES examination to VHA one of the following higher-priority codes is unless applicable or Terminal, (former prisoner of war). FPOW g. Uploading MSCs must upload examination requests into the IDES eFolder, participant’s Examination as described in the table of instructions below. Requests Into the eFolder If ... Then the MSC ... VHA will conduct submits the examination request through CAPRI the examination copy and pastes the examination request in a Word document saves the document as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file, and uploads the PDF into VBMS. a contract submits the examination request through CAATS examiner will clicks then from within the exam request File, Print, conduct the selects the option from printer Send to OneNote examination options clicks (this will send the request to OneNote) Print from OneNote, saves document as a PDF, and uploads the PDF into VBMS. If Adobe Acrobat Pro is available, then print the Note: request as a PDF instead of using Microsoft OneNote. After an MSC requests all the examinations an IDES participant requires, h. Tracking
PEBLO of the dates and times. MSC: [provide name, title, complete mailing address, phone and fax number, and e-mail address of MSC], and PEBLO: [provide name, location, phone and fax number, and e-mail address of the participant’s PEBLO] Important: If VA is processing a participant’s case electronically, MSCs must also indicate in the REMARKS section of the request that the participant has an eFolder instead of a paper claims folder, and the eFolder is accessible through Virtual VA or VBMS (whichever applies). MSCs must alter their request for notification, according to the instructions in M21-1, Part III, Subpart i, 2.D.16.b, if the participant is a member of the Reserves or National Guard who is not on active duty. MSCs must select IDES as a priority code when submitting a request for examination to VHA unless one of the following higher-priority codes is applicable Terminal, or FPOW (former prisoner of war). g. Uploading Examination Requests Into the eFolder MSCs must upload examination requests into the IDES participant’s eFolder, as described in the table of instructions below. If ... Then the MSC ... VHA will conduct the examination submits the examination request through CAPRI copy and pastes the examination request in a Word document saves the document as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file, and uploads the PDF into VBMS. a contract examiner will conduct the examination submits the examination request through CAATS clicks File, then Print, from within the exam request selects the Send to OneNote option from printer options clicks Print (this will send the request to OneNote) from OneNote, saves document as a PDF, and uploads the PDF into VBMS. Note: If Adobe Acrobat Pro is available, then print the request as a PDF instead of using Microsoft OneNote. h. Tracking After an MSC requests all the examinations an IDES participant requires,