Dipper Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 My question is simply, can I get contact lenses from the VA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michellee Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 No you can't. I have ask the same for the last three years from the the VA eye doc who perscribes my glasses and he had this long explanation to give. So basically he stated the VA doesn't do contact. That is what I was told. Anyone with different results please chime in. But that is what I was told. I am 100% P & T and that didn't matter either. So I guess they are saving money that way. Michelee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailblazer Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 They wouldn't prescribe them for me either. The reason was: Glasses protect your eyes from foreign objects. Contacts don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interested Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Yes, if you have keratoconus. My question is simply, can I get contact lenses from the VA? Interested causalobserver8@aol.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kookiebean2001 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Correct you have to be medically required to wear contacts. In some cases they have to contract out with a civliian doctor becuase the military just doesn't have the staff any more. I do have Keratoconus. A man who won't die for something is not fit to live. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1. Faith is the ability to not panic. 2. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you pray, don't worry. 3. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home every day. 4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape. 5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knot. 6. Do the math. Count your blessings. 7. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts. 8. Dear God: I have a problem. It's me. 9. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted. 10. Laugh every day, it's like inner jogging. 11. The most important things in your home are the people. 12. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional. 13. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open. 14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry. 15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead. 16. We do not remember days, but moments. Life moves too fast, so enjoy your precious moments. 17. Nothing is real to you until you experience it, otherwise it's just hearsay. 18. It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done. 19. Surviving and living your life successfully requires courage. The goals and dreams you're seeking require courage and risk-taking. Learn from the turtle -- it only makes progress when it sticks out its neck. 20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder john999 Posted October 21, 2011 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted October 21, 2011 I could not even get the cheapskates to do cataract surgery on me and I was blind as a bat. They gave me glasses with a lense about half an inch thick. I got medicare to pay for it and got my cataract surgery. The glasses I had got from the VA before were sort of like the ones issued by the Army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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