DVA Claims
Dr Thomas Perkins
The expert in veterans’ medicolegal medicine — Expert DVA Doctor.
Dr Thomas Perkins is the founding doctor at the Veterans Health Centre in Ipswich, Queensland, and the leading expert in veterans’ medicolegal work in Australia. He has spent over 13 years working exclusively with current and former Australian Defence Force members — treating conditions, writing reports, and navigating the DVA system alongside them.
With 100,000+ DVA claims submitted and over 2,000 Permanent Impairment Assessments completed, Dr Perkins brings a depth of experience that simply cannot be replicated from a textbook. He understands the Statements of Principles, the GARP tables, the imaging that proves what a physical examination alone cannot — and the difference that a properly written report makes at every level, from initial liability through to the VRB.
Every chart review, every diagnostic assessment, and every impairment rating is personally overseen by Dr Perkins. If you’re looking for a doctor who knows veterans medicine inside and out, you’ve found the right clinic.
DVA Reports written with precision.
The difference is the report. DVA decides on the document in front of them — every condition named, every SoP factor addressed, every finding referenced to the file. That is the work of an Expert DVA Doctor, not a template.
Chaotic records
Your file arrives as thousands of pages — handwritten PM 105 notes, scanned forms, imaging, and clinical shorthand. Injuries are buried in entries nobody has ever read end to end.
Organised by condition
The Chart Review reads every page and sorts every finding into a numbered condition folder — each with the source pages that prove it, and its DVA Statement of Principles identified.
Evidence DVA can accept
Each condition becomes a Diagnostic Assessment: the diagnosis, the referenced timeline, and every SoP factor argued to MET or NOT MET against the exact clinical entry — the document a delegate decides on.
Three of 319 example Diagnostic Assessments — open one and read the report exactly as DVA receives it.
319 example claims across 265 conditions — read the actual reports.
Every Diagnostic Assessment we write is the claim itself: the document a DVA delegate decides on. Browse them A to Z by condition, open any report in full and see the SoP factors argued to MET or NOT MET. All examples are fictitious-patient versions of real VHC work.
Affordable, upfront fees
Everything you need to unlock the claims in your medical history and progress your DVA claims in their entirety.
Complete Chart Review
Our doctor will look at every page of your medical documents — backed up with AI.
Diagnosis Forms, Diagnostic Assessments & Evidence Packs
Created for every condition already documented in your medical records.
History, Examination & Investigation
A thorough clinical work-up of any current injuries not yet in your records. (Private MRIs, where required, approximately $320 per scan paid directly to the imaging provider.)
Forms, Assessments & Evidence Packs for New Conditions
Diagnosis forms, diagnostic assessments and evidence packs created for newly identified conditions.
Everything you need to unlock the claims in your medical history — $600–$2,400 + GST, no further fees. Never a percentage of your compensation.
Every Claim. Every Factor. Every Time.
Most clinics submit the claims already in your medical records. We start there — but we don’t stop there.
Our philosophy is simple: every condition that arose from your service deserves recognition, whether it appears in your existing records or not. We begin with a thorough Chart Review, then sit with you to uncover the injuries you’ve been managing silently for years. Targeted imaging — primarily MRIs — objectively confirms every musculoskeletal condition. Beyond that, we pursue the full spectrum of internal medicine: gastroenterology, cardiology, metabolic conditions, and the rarer occupational presentations most clinics don’t touch.
If it can be linked to service, we make that link. 100,000+ claims submitted and 2,000 Permanent Impairment Assessments completed — every one prepared with the same commitment to detail. Because for our veterans, close enough is never good enough.
Ready to find out what you can claim?
Start with a $600 + GST Chart Review. You’ll know within weeks exactly where you stand.
Book an appointment
Email or call us with a little about your service and what you’d like to claim. We’ll call you back to arrange a Chart Review or consultation.
- Phone0429 146 039
- Emailreception@vhc.org.au
- ClinicIpswich, Queensland — telehealth available Australia-wide
- RecordsSecure upload link supplied after booking
Book an appointment
Click the button below — it opens an email to reception with a short template. Tell us your name, phone number, service and what you’d like help with, and we’ll call you back.
Book appointmentPrefer to talk? Call 0429 146 039, Monday to Friday.
One doctor. Every report.
Founding doctor of the Veterans Health Centre in Ipswich, Queensland, and one of Australia's most experienced practitioners in veterans' medicolegal medicine.
Dr Perkins has spent more than thirteen years working exclusively with current and former ADF members — treating their conditions, writing their reports and navigating the DVA system alongside them. With over 100,000 claims submitted and 2,000 Permanent Impairment Assessments completed, he has seen precisely what separates an accepted claim from a rejected one at every level, from initial liability to the Veterans' Review Board.
Every chart review, diagnostic assessment, impairment rating and appeal that leaves this clinic is personally overseen by Dr Perkins. No template, no locum, no hand-off.
0429 146 039 reception@vhc.org.au
Book appointment