Injuries

[Sarg]

Was talking about the U.S. VA at yesterdays Vet Center session. I predict that our VA system is going to come to a grinding, screeching, moaning halt when our guys come back in force. They're already buckling at the knees with their employee-centric, union dominated system. With the Viet-era guys starting to apply in droves for Agent Orange illnesses, Gulf War I and the first wave of the new guys the system is already starting to pop fuses like an over lighted Christmas tree.

They're going to have to make a choice; does the VA exist for the benefit of it's employees or the Veterans? It wouldn't bother me at all if I never set foot on a VA campus again. But the way our system is set up I doubt very much they're gonna accept my private psycotherapy in order to continue my benefits. I'm already overdue for my VA shrink appointment, so it's gonna be interesting.

Sarg

 

[Ned]

You've hit the nail on the head, there, Sarg. Too many outfits seem to exist for their own benefit rather than to fulfill the mission that is the reason for their existence (and funding).
I reckon if (and I include the UK in this) they trained up some switched-on Vets and sorted liaison with the med and psych professionals, the might have a system......