Nco Hangs Himself After Being Turned Away Temple Tx Vamc

[seejeremy]

Hamslice,

Thatmust be why I can't get my regular doc to ever call me back and follow up on lab results and X-rays.  Part of me doesn't care though, because when I do get to see him, he just complains about how horrible the VA is.  At least my psych doc is good.

Edited September 2, 2016 by seejeremy

[john999]

To get admitted to VA nut ward you must show intent to hurt yourself or someone else.  They want you to have a plan and to come out and say  "I plan to go home and kill myself within the next hour with a 12 gauge shotgun by blowing my head off in the kitchen at 12pm on Tuesday, and it is now 10am on Tuesday".    About 15 years ago I was admitted to VA nut factory and they grilled me intensively about what my intentions were as far as asking me to sign statement that I would swear to them I would not hurt myself or others.  I would not sign and got admitted which was the best move I ever made.   My employer fired me and the date I was admitted became my EED after a few appeals, IME's and other evidence gathering.  If you are suicidal you have to think ahead a few years.  I am joking  but this is  how it worked out for me when I was just trying to save my ass that day.  Not good to joke about suicide but if you saw what I had to do to get admitted you might cuss or laugh.   If they had a hint this guy was going to hurt himself they should have admitted him.  What Rootbeer says is true about not jumping to conclusions, but will anyone really investigate the circumstances of this suicide?  I doubt it unless the congressman for that district takes it as a personal crusade to get to the bottom of it.   Everyone says how terrible it is that vets kill themselves but since there is no campaign money in finding  out why or how nothing happens.  Most of our congress critters have been bought by special interests and that is where they devote their time.