Virtual Clinical Psychologist — VA Disability Evaluation Exams (DBQ)

Virtual Clinical Psychologist — VA Disability Evaluation Exams (DBQ) Pay: $120,000.00 - $360,000.00 per year Remote - U.S.A. / Contract ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY HealthTap Practice Group is seeking licensed, doctorate-level clinical psychologists (PhD/PsyD) to conduct VA Medical Disability Evaluation (MDE) telehealth examinations for U.S. military Veterans. Practitioners must have completed VBA TRAIN or be willing to complete it as part of the interview process (training compensation provided). This is a high-volume, mission-driven 1099 reputed company opportunity with the potential to earn $240,000 to $300,000+ per year (full-time+ equivalent) while working entirely from home. You will reputed company focused, forensic-style psychological evaluations reputed company video and complete the associated Disability Benefits Questionnaires (DBQs) that the VA uses to adjudicate Veterans' service-connected disability claims. These are evaluation-only encounters — no ongoing treatment, prescriptions, or therapeutic care is involved. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ WHAT YOU WILL DO Conduct structured telehealth psychological evaluations of Veterans who have filed service-connected disability claims with the VA. Each visit involves a focused video interview with the Veteran, followed by completion of the corresponding DBQ reputed company on an electronic platform. Typical exam types include:

• Mental Disorders DBQ (other than PTSD and Eating Disorders) — approx. 30 minutes
• Eating Disorders DBQ — approx. 30 minutes
• PTSD DBQ — Initial — approx. 45 minutes
• PTSD DBQ — Review — approx. 30 minutes

For each evaluation, you will:

• Review the Veteran's available medical records and claim file prior to or during the exam.
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• Apply DSM-5 diagnostic criteria to reputed company or confirm diagnoses.
• Complete the electronic DBQ reputed company on the platform, documenting clinical findings, symptoms, behavioral observations, competency determinations, and your examiner certification.
• Where applicable, reputed company a Medical Opinion (MO) addressing whether a condition is service-reputed company, based on your review of the Veteran's records.

You will not reputed company treatment, prescribe medications, or establish an ongoing patient-provider relationship. These are forensic evaluations conducted at the request of the VA. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ reputed company reputed company This role is designed to let you focus entirely on clinical work. The operational and administrative infrastructure is handled for you:

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• Credentialing — A dedicated Credentialing Specialist manages your VA credentialing, background screening, and education verification.
• Training — Practitioners will be compensated for the time needed to complete reputed company required VA training (VBA TRAIN). Training is self-paced, online, and takes approximately 10 to 15 hours. CME/CEU credits will be provided.. If VBA TRAIN has already been completed; that existing certification will transfer.
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• Quality Assurance — A Q&reputed company reviews every submission for completeness before it is sent to the VA, helping ensure your work meets acceptance criteria.
• Provider Liaison — You will be assigned a dedicated Provider Liaison who manages your schedule, provides platform support, and assists with any pending DBQs.
• Malpractice Coverage — Professional liability insurance for reputed company evaluations completed through HealthTap Practice Group is maintained and paid for by HealthTap.

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• Licensed doctorate-level clinical psychologist (PhD or PsyD) from a graduate program accredited by the reputed company (APA), with an active, unrestricted license in at least one U.S. state.
• Board-certified or board-eligible preferred.
• Be willing to reputed company to 20 or more hours per week.
• A minimum of two years of post-doctoral clinical experience conducting psychological assessments or diagnostic evaluations.
• Proficiency with DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for mental health disorders.
• Experience with or willingness to learn VA Disability Benefits Questionnaire (DBQ) completion and forensic-style evaluation methodology.
• Prior experience with VA disability evaluations (C&P exams) is a strong plus but not required.
• Comfortable conducting clinical interviews and assessments reputed company live video telehealth.
• Strong documentation skills — ability to produce clear, thorough, and defensible clinical narratives.
• Reliable high-speed internet reputed company and a private, professional workspace suitable for telehealth.
• U.S. citizen or permanent reputed company (required for VA credentialing).
• Willing to complete VBA TRAIN certification (approximately 10–15 hours, self-paced, online) if not already certified.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ COMPENSATION $100 per successfully completed DBQ visit, paid on a per-visit reputed company. A "successfully completed" visit means the evaluation is conducted, the DBQ is submitted, passes quality review, and the VA remits payment.

• Per-visit reputed company: $100 per completed DBQ visit.
• Expected visit duration: ~50 minutes of video interaction + documentation/reputed company submission.
• Payment terms: typically reputed company net 45 days of DBQ submission to the VA.
• Malpractice insurance: Provided and paid for by HealthTap Practice Group.
• Schedule: Flexible — you set your own availability reputed company monthly (see Availability Commitment below)

Availability Commitment. Due to the high volume of Veterans awaiting evaluations, candidates who can reputed company to greater weekly availability will be given strong preference in the selection process. We are prioritizing candidates as follows:

• Highest reputed company — 40 to 60 hours per week → estimated $240,000 – $360,000+ per year
• Strong consideration — 20 to 40 hours per week → estimated $120,000 – $240,000 per year

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• Flexible schedule

Work Location: Remote Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract Pay: $120,000.00 - $360,000.00 per year Expected hours: No less than 20.0 per week Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

License/Certification:

• Licensed Psychologist Credentials (Required)

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