Sam

I called my husbands appointed VFW Rep and he stated that he knew about the directive. Also the VFW supported this directive. He stated it wasn't supposed to affect anyone just improve the system. He stated that the new vet would not get anything without this decision. So I guess just kicking the older Vets to the curb is the fix, blessed by the VFW. But he stated no vet would lose any benefits I told him he probably would have to prove this statement. Believe me I want all veterans to get the help they are due but not at the expense of others. We have to depend on the VA for health care until he is 65 five years from now if he is still alive. He lives daily on morphine /other pain killers and assorted other pills. Mary

Just got off the phone with a member of the Directors Staff Dallas Hospital. He stated quote per a directive from Secretary Of VA "Iraq Vets" will be seen first. I object to this statement and told him they should handle the problem in a different manner like add staff to the program. But pushing older vets out was not handling the problem I am mad as hell. He stated he was a Vietnam Vet like my husband "brothers" and couldn't believe the statement himself but assured me my husband would not be pushed out. I don't want to hold my breath on that statement. To answer some of the other questions my husband has had a Health Buddy for 2 years and all the information is documented in his health records. Due to his health problems he would need a nurse assigned to him and Social Security won't pay unless he is on his death bed. I have to handle this issue because my husband health comes first he gets upset when people do him wrong and doesn't pick his words wisely since he got sick. He has seizures and when he gets upset he usually has them. I am going to start contacting other people to let them know what is going on in the system. Thanks Mary

Thanks for the information this is the same information that was given to me. He is receiving A@A that is how he got into the HBPC program. The doctor that didn't put him on medicine was the primary care doctor assigned to him in the HBPC program. He is supposed to call and schedule a in home visit? The doctor that is following him on the blood pressure has adjusted his medicine but doesn't understand why the other doctor didn't get involved. I called the VFW rep and he gave me a number of a director at the hospital in Dallas. I am going to call him tomorrow. My husband has received great care from the nurses and other people in the program, the doctor is a very good but they have him doing so many other things outside the program that he doesn't have time to properly address my husbands issues. I think they are trying to push out the older veterans to make place for the new incoming vets. His last MRI was last year he hasn't had a EKG since 2002. I was hoping to get input from other veterans on this program that may experiencing the same issues? Thanks: Dedicated Wife

My husband is 100% SC and has been enrolled in the home base primary care since 2003.In the beginning the nurse came to the house every 30 days and the doctor visited when needed. But for the past years 2006/2007 the visits have dropped off the nurse come maybe every 60 plus days and the doctor hasn't visited in about 2 years. I have been told that his nurse now has 40 vets to see and the doctor is swamped with other duties. The 50 mile limit is no longer in affect for the plan and she must see all her patients, plus my husband every 30 days. My husband has to use a wheelchair to visit some of the specialist doctor than are not in the program and it takes about a day for him to recover from the trip. I received a call from his nurse asking me to change to another in clinic primary care doctor who is not in the program. The reason is his primary doctor who is in the program cannot meet his needs. This all happened after another doctor who was reviewing his file discovered that his high blood pressure wasn't being treated. I had been asking for a year about this issue. He has seizures,dementia,diabetes,high blood pressure and constant leg pain. He was declared incompetent and I am his assigned caretaker. It appears they want my husband out of the program to make place for someone else. Can someone provide some advise on what I should do. Thanks: Dedicated Wife

My husband was awarded a purple heart his DD214 shows a CIB but he doesn't it being issued to him. We have fought the VA about the PTSD but for some reason his records have a 6 month gap. They have denied him based of lack of military records which could prove his stressor? He is being seen by the VA and diagnosed with PTSD also he was in a testing/study group conducted by a local hospital and was diagnosed as having PTSD. He is currently 100% permanent no review, for other issues and put the PTSD on the back burner. He was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. What should we do about the PTSD claim. He just wants to drop it since he is already 100%. The VFW people want him to fight but he has early stage dementia and forgets a lot of things and doesn't have a lot of patient for people. The medical treatment has been outstanding they do every thing to make his life as good as it get. I have no complaints against the VA medical system.

I am 100% disabled and have had the home base care for 3+ years its great. I still have to go in for some appointments but if I get sick the nurse or doctor will come to the house. The nurse comes about every 4 weeks and the doctor make a regular home visit every 6 months and does a physical.