About Ingleside
A focused forensic practice for psychiatric opinion work.
Ingleside Health is an independent physician records-review and written-opinion service operated by Betula Mental Health PLLC. The launch focus is VA psychiatric records review for veterans, attorneys, and accredited claims agents.
The work is independent. Ingleside does not file claims, represent veterans, or sell a promised result. The opinion is based on the records and Dr. Craig's clinical judgment.
Dr. Laura Craig is board-certified in General Adult Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Laura Craig
Psychiatrist, medical reviewer, and independent evaluator.
Dr. Craig received her B.S. and M.D. from Texas A&M University and completed psychiatry residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
After residency, she became the first full-time psychiatrist at Howard Brown Health. She later served as head of psychiatry there and helped grow the department from two staff members to a team of seven psychiatrists and nurse practitioners.
Dr. Craig has also worked full-time at the Department of Veterans Affairs, with a focus on trauma and PTSD in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood. Her private clinical practice, Betula Mental Health, serves people located in Illinois and Texas.
After leaving the VA, she created Ingleside Health as a way to continue serving the Veteran community through independent medical review and opinion work. Ingleside is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by VA.
Why a separate name
Betula provides psychiatric treatment through a separate service line. Ingleside Health is the name used for independent evaluation, records review, and opinion work so the scope is clear from the first contact.
How the work is framed
Ingleside reviews the submitted records, identifies gaps or questions, and prepares a signed clinical opinion only when Dr. Craig can support it.
What it is not
It is not claims representation, legal advice, VA employment, or a guarantee that the VA will reach any particular decision.
This business is not endorsed or sponsored by, or affiliated with, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, or any federally chartered VA accredited veteran service organization. You may qualify for other veterans benefits beyond the benefits for which you are receiving services here.
Veteran and military benefits services are available free of charge from VA accredited county veteran service officers, representatives of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, and the veteran service officers of federally chartered veteran service organizations. To learn more, contact these organizations or the Illinois Attorney General's Office at 1-800-382-3000.