Our physicians
A small, select team of board-certified physicians writes and signs every Kensington opinion.
The Kensington standard
Every physician who writes for Kensington meets all three.
- Board-certifiedIn their specialty, current and in good standing
- 10+ years of experienceThe minimum to join the team
- Academic experienceResearch, hospital committees or a faculty position
Trained on what VA looks for
Clinical skill alone doesn’t make a strong nexus opinion. We train every Kensington physician on how VA weighs medical evidence, and we back each case with research and tools so the opinion answers the question VA is actually asking.
- The “at least as likely as not” standard and the benefit of the doubt
- Direct, secondary, aggravation and toxic-exposure theories
- How to make an intermediate-step claim stick
- How to answer a negative C&P opinion point by point
- What makes the Board find an opinion probative
- Research support on every case, with the records organized by condition
Their doctors not only understand the medical physiology behind a claim, but also the system VA uses when evaluating medical opinions.
Experience across the team
We match each case to the physician best suited to it.
- Board certification in emergency medicine and other specialties
- Training that spans surgery, emergency medicine and research
- Academic medical faculty appointments
- Published research in PTSD, anxiety disorders and health disparities
- Hospital quality, patient safety and mortality review
How our physicians work
- Review the entire claims file
- Research the peer-reviewed literature
- Apply it to the veteran’s own facts, condition by condition
- Review every requested edit
- Sign the final opinion
Full CVs on request
We are happy to share physician names and full CVs with attorneys and their staff.