A change in the medical treatment received by us veterans.

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8. I recommend HeiressofBickworth's post strongly.

HeiressofBickworth, Thank you for this information, I was unaware of any of this. In my particular case, the PTSD from my childhood was absolutely military related, both the interviewing nurse and my doctor agree to that. That said, I do not feel it has affected me too adversely. Fwiw, I am normally a bit skeptical about most things related to our military but I do feel that the staff at the VA Medical Center in Lakewood has my health care high on its agenda.

I DO have a strong complaint about how I am getting stuck for an Emergency Room visit from nearby St. Claire hospital. American Lake doesn't have emergency services, we are told to go to the nearest ER room if we need emergency medical services.* After the fact, if it is determined that the emergency was not life threatening then we get stuck with the bill.

(*just to be clear, the VA hospital does not turn away emergencies, they ask that we first seek aid from the ER room nearest to where the emergency occurred.)