Any Help with V.A. Claims?

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Monday, January 5. 2009

I am a 41 yr Male, injured in Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003. Air Force doctors called this a 'pulled groin' for 2 years. It was not till I begged VA x-ray and CT me that the fracture of the RH was discovered. The total rundown: AVN , arthritis, suprs and narrowing. VA wants to THR, without even a consideration of a re-surface. There appears do be not 1 doctor in Oklahoma doing these or on the website anyway, with any real numbers. I am 36 at the time and was VERY active, Air Force Security Forces MSgt, in shape, Basketball, Ice Hockey ( rec league), Cycling, Golf ( which I am still pretty salty, bad hip and all) I am really considerint going over-seas due to the cost, as I will have to self-pay, if I cannot get this approved in the US by VA. Does anyone have any thoughts or know if VA is funding this in other areas of the US? Or maybe a doctor that is kind to vets? I have 2 small boys and I want to " add Life to my Years with them" Any help or info you may have will be a blessing, Jay JayClark@coxinet.net

Posted by JayClark at 17:44 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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Hi Jay, some places, for insurance purposes, put THR in for the proceedure, even though they're performing a resurfacing. then it goes through in the normal way.

#1 d on 2009-01-06 09:30 (Reply)

Talk with Dr. Vincat (Ortho MD, VA in Tucson. He does BHR

#1.1 Al on 2009-04-28 15:39 (Reply)

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