Hmmmm. So my take, after fighting just to get IN to the VA system, a lot of us served with no questions asked. Now, when some of us need the system, you have to jump through hoops to get in. To me, if you served, were honorably discharged, you should be IN regardless.
“To me, if you served, were honorably discharged, you should be IN regardless.”
Just as health insurance is not the same thing as medical treatment, being in the VA system is not the same thing as receiving treatment for what ails you.
I’ve gone outside the VA looking for pain management, which the VA would not provide.
Tore a rotator cuff a few months ago. Doctor at VA ER tells me I tore my rotator cuff. Entry in medical record: “Muscle strain.” MRI at civilian hospital forces VA to admit torn rotator cuff. VA tells me, “Maybe you could do some rehab. Probably won’t help, but you’ll get no operation and no pain management.”