So what's the problem? He had to wait a month for the VA doctor to clear him to see an outside doctor.
In Roethle's case, he has already qualified for disability and is living on the payments.
His problem is that he's requested to have the surgery performed by a non-VA surgeon. A California group called Rebuilding America's Warriors has arranged for a specialist in facial plastic surgery, Dr. Salvatore Lettieri in Phoenix, to perform the surgery, but Roethle first needs the OK from his VA physician in Tucson.
About a month after his doctor was presented with the request, he still has no answer.
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In an emergency, if the VA doctors have to send a veteran to an outside specialist, they can usually do it pretty fast. If it is the choice of a veteran to see someone outside the VA, that is not the same as being denied treatment from the VA. Plain and simple. My husband is usually taken care of by the VA but once in a while he does have to see a specialist. The appointment comes pretty fast and is based on what is medically necessary not just wanted.
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