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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Burkhardt denies the government's motion to compel the patient, who claims that the Department of Veterans Affairs' failure to diagnose and treat a retinal tear in his left eye left him with permanent injuries, to undergo a mental health exam. The government has failed to meet its burden to show that the patient placed his mental condition in controversy. The amount of emotional distress damages the patient seeks does not, by itself, justify a court-ordered mental health examination.
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