I had tried for years to get my Left Knee Service Connected. Note: My Right knee was previously service connected. The Fall of 2010, I was consulted to VAMC Dublin from the local outpatient clinic for MRI's of the knees due to pain. After being prescribed hinged braces bilaterally for osteoarthritis in Jan 2011, I was consulted to VAMC Atlanta. After the Doctor played games with me, he finally agreed to scope "one" knee. I chose my service connected right knee as it usually gave me more problems. Aug 2012 Knee Scope. Documented Findings: two tears of the meniscus. Undocumented Findings: A healed partial tear of my ACL. I was discharged back to my local outpatient clinic after my Post-Op Appointment.
Jun 2013, I reported into the Local VA Outpatient Clinic on Crutches as I could not walk on my Left Knee. I was sent to the local hospital for X-Rays to determine whether or not I had arthritis. I was also scheduled for a follow-up appointment 45 days later, which I kept.
Instead of waiting another two years for the possibility of a knee scope, I used a local clinic that repaired a tear to my meniscus and determined that I had scar tissue due to a previous knee injury. This resulted in my Left Knee finally being service connected with a date of Aug 2012.
What I'm wondering is there a way to get the VA to help pay for my surgery considering that I had first went through them on two different occasions only to be blown off? That I had to seek Out-Side Medical Treatment due to their inadequacies and failure to properly treat me in the first place.
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I had tried for years to get my Left Knee Service Connected. Note: My Right knee was previously service connected. The Fall of 2010, I was consulted to VAMC Dublin from the local outpatient clinic for MRI's of the knees due to pain. After being prescribed hinged braces bilaterally for osteoarthritis in Jan 2011, I was consulted to VAMC Atlanta. After the Doctor played games with me, he finally agreed to scope "one" knee. I chose my service connected right knee as it usually gave me more problems. Aug 2012 Knee Scope. Documented Findings: two tears of the meniscus. Undocumented Findings: A healed partial tear of my ACL. I was discharged back to my local outpatient clinic after my Post-Op Appointment.
Jun 2013, I reported into the Local VA Outpatient Clinic on Crutches as I could not walk on my Left Knee. I was sent to the local hospital for X-Rays to determine whether or not I had arthritis. I was also scheduled for a follow-up appointment 45 days later, which I kept.
Instead of waiting another two years for the possibility of a knee scope, I used a local clinic that repaired a tear to my meniscus and determined that I had scar tissue due to a previous knee injury. This resulted in my Left Knee finally being service connected with a date of Aug 2012.
What I'm wondering is there a way to get the VA to help pay for my surgery considering that I had first went through them on two different occasions only to be blown off? That I had to seek Out-Side Medical Treatment due to their inadequacies and failure to properly treat me in the first place.
Thanks
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