I thanked you for your service several times.
and I think YOU understand my point about you having better options than most
As far as getting a recommendation I know your wife’s
insurance has a list of docs. Have you looked there/
OR if you get a Med sup ( medicare supplement plan) it would also have a list of Docs
Both will be quicker and easier than trying to go through the VA
Frankly I am surprised your wife is insisting on this when you have the other options
hasn’t she been reading about the problems?
believe me they are real.
The vast majority o factual people at the VA care so much but there are too many people and too few resources
Why wouldn’t you look at a list of Docs on your wife’s insurance if that is the only reason you are going to the VA? why wait so many months when you can use her insurance and see someone sooner?
thank you for your service
You think you have all the answers. My father was a career Marine and when I was a young boy he was stationed at Camp Lejune, NC. Then when I was a teen he was stationed there again, I spent time there after Paris Island. There are/were problems with water contamination there that may affect me and my health. The VA knows all about this. A local Doctor may not!
Many Marines their families and loyal civilian employees have been affected by the contamination in various ways including, but not limited to: liver cancer, kidney cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, cervical cancer, lung cancer, leukemia, non Hodgkins lymphoma, liver disease, miscarriages, birth defects (cleft palate, heart defects, Choanal atresia, neural tube defects, low birth weight, and small for gestational age),etc. Unfortunately, many of these families still have not been notified by the USMC of the danger from their exposure. In 1987 Camp Lejeune was recommended for listing as a Superfund site on the National Priorities List (NPL) by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Camp Lejeune was officially listed as a Superfund site in 1989.