I am, my brother is and so is my mother. His care can be described as horrible. He's had an issue with his hip that occurred on active duty that the VA has consistently ignored or minimized. He's 47 and walks with a cane and is in pain all the time.
My mother suffers from PTSD caused by an attack while on a drill weekend in Chicago. Her care at the VA in Illinois and in Kentucky was to rotate her though the drug of the month with no cognitive therapy. It took my own intervention to get her to use her private insurance to get good care. We also discovered that she had a tumor on her thyroid gland which exacerbated everything.
And as I mentioned above, I saw the worst of things at VA St. Louis.
Re: um - no.
His care can be described as horrible. He's had an issue with his hip that occurred on active duty that the VA has consistently ignored or minimized. He's 47 and walks with a cane and is in pain all the time.
My mother suffers from PTSD caused by an attack while on a drill weekend in Chicago. Her care at the VA in Illinois and in Kentucky was to rotate her though the drug of the month with no cognitive therapy. It took my own intervention to get her to use her private insurance to get good care. We also discovered that she had a tumor on her thyroid gland which exacerbated everything.
And as I mentioned above, I saw the worst of things at VA St. Louis.