[LadyX]

TONK - there is a Veteran Liaison person in VA Med Centers in EVERY STATE whose SOLE job is to handle snags for their vets.

Mine here in Augusta is a doll, and you wouldn't believe the lengths he goes to to help.
He himself is a vet and performs miracles.
He is a representative paid by South Carolina to help all SC vets who go to Augusta GA (his office is there in GA) because it is closer for us than Columbia.

Your nearest Regional VA Medical Center will have one.
DO NOT pay the bill until you consult yours.
What you do or do not make is irrelevant - you ARE entitled to this if they authorized it and made the appointment.

If not, you have a right to complain higher in the hospital!
Keep me posted, dear Brother, and let me know if you need more info.....

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Your nearest Regional VA Medical Center will have one.
DO NOT pay the bill until you consult yours."

I'm not paying a single penny of it and I will bill them for my time spent handling this.
Any gas and time spent going to the reginal center (90 miles one way) will be spent on/at the Coast Guard Station instead.

I already know I won't "win" this battle BUT they'll think twice before they do it to another vet.