Hello -
I'm grateful for the advice I've found on this thread, as I've just run into a similar sticky situation. Since it seems this kind of thing is case by case, I thought I'd describe what I've run into and see what people say.
I've recently completed some counseling on family relationship-based issues, which I initially thought wasn't reportable. However, through various channels I've discovered that this depends on the "diagnosis." And, as it turns out, in order to make an insurance claim, which providers will always do if they can to help you out financially, they HAVE to make a diagnosis. And, the minimum claimable diagnosis is "Adjustment disorder with ___ " where the blank includes something like "anxiety", or "depression", etc. All the while, I thought I was just going along to talk with somebody!!
So it turns out what I've been through IS reportable, and not only that, my AME has requested all my charts, and informed me that I'll probably have to undergo a cogscreen psych test! Holy ____! Ok, ok, I'll do what I have to do, and I've been w/out a medical for a few months while I finish this up.
But, the problem, and the question I have, relates to the fact that it dawned on me recently after getting my head around this, that there were other counseling sessions in the past, that I equally thought weren't reportable, which in hindsight probably were.
If I were to have held a medical during that time, and I wanted to sort all this stuff out, where would I start? With my AME? I hear the comments about lawyers and so forth, and want to know where people think I should begin.