Playbook

DVA has asked for more medical evidence

Answer the actual question, brief the specialist, and stop the sequential-request loop.

When: You have an information request, a medical questionnaire, or a letter saying the claim will be decided on current information. · 2 hours to brief, then the appointment

Step 1Quote DVA’s question at the top of your briefDoctors write better reports when they can see the question.
Step 2Send the specialist the tables and your chronologyUse the briefing letter. Attach prior reports so they do not contradict themselves by accident.
Step 3Ask for diagnosis, nexus, function, stability, treatment already triedFive headings. If PI is live, ask them to speak to the descriptors, not just “moderate impairment”.
Step 4Lodge the report with an index“Attached: Dr X report 12 Aug 2026, 8 pages, addressing your letter of 5 May.”
Step 5If they ask for the same thing again, reply with the date you already sent itThat reply is delay evidence.

Watch-outs

A GP letter that restates your history without a diagnosis rarely finishes PI.
Do not miss DVA’s “we will decide on current information” date if you want the new report in.
Delegates rewriting a psychiatrist’s WPI is an appeal issue — get the report in first.

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