Thanks Berta,
The VA probably was not able to give it. He goes to Dorn in Columbia, SC. However, that being said, his dr. will not order any more test or anything. We have not heard from the VA about this situation at all. I guess if we did not get the records and read them ourselves, she would have never called the first time. Everyone out there...please get copies of your records. You have to be your own dr. when it comes to the VA.
I agree the VA may not consider this a critical medical situation, but we sure did.
You know, when we went to Duke, we took his records and a disk with the CAT scan. The dr. at Duke looked at the disk and he said there was a 75% chance this was lung cancer, so he ordered the PET scan and scheduled surgery to remove the upper left lobe. The PET showed it was not cancer so of course surgery was canceled and we very happily came home. But even an outside dr. just looking at the disc thought 75% chance, certainly someone at the VA thought something since it was noted in his records he needed a PET scan...
thanks,
sbrewer