VA Ordered X-Ray on Missing Limb?

Heard about this story from a buddy of mine earlier today and my head exploded listening. Since I was in work, there wasn't a whole lot I could do about it but I promised to do some checking on this story when I got home.

As near as I can find, the Blaze did the original story mentioning the Glenn Beck Show.

Veteran Says the VA Did Something Absurd to His Artificial Leg to Prove He Was Actually an Amputee

Chad Fleming, a veteran who served in the 75th Ranger Regiment, says the VA took an X-ray of his artificial leg to prove he was actually an amputee. Though they could have referenced his extensive medical history or just used their eyes, he said, they wasted precious resources taking an X-ray of a leg that “doesn’t exist.”

I read the story and seems to be missing a lot. Is it possible? Sure it is. Strange things like this happen all the time.

We've all heard stories on veterans going to a VA hospital then missing a perfectly fine limb because of errors but walking in with a missing one that had to be x-rayed just doesn't make sense. Did they need to get his prosthesis on film because they were replacing it? Not sure but I couldn't even find what hospital this happened at or when.

Hope some of the missing pieces get filled in (no pun intended) but considering how the press operates, they are probably happy with it the way it is.