I am a retired VA Rater and getting a diagnosis of PTSD was absurdly easy. I use to say that psychiatrists, especially VA psychiatrists, would diagnose a rock with PTSD just to help create a “client base” to ensure the need for their questionable profession. With a diagnosis all you need is a stressor linking it to service which is also a cinch for event the least creative mind. I personally believe that fully 90 percent or more of PTSD claims are bogus. It’s become an easy to obtain retirement fund for anyone dishonest enough to take it.
A friend is an 86 year old Navy vet. Her SS is right under $20,000 per year,
Recently after almost 10 years the VA reviewed her eligibility and where before she had no copay for drugs, now there’s a copay.
SS is the only money she receives.
Any idea why she now has a copay?