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Good piece with good points made,...plus truly liked your ending and the best point made.

Still my Friend,...just where-the-hell does a Disable American Honorable Veteran go to: "DEMAND" anything, much less; "THE BEST", even though PAID FOR IN FULL by the blood, sweat and tears of millions over the years?

From all the horror stories I've heard over the years (and yours is-a-beaut), the only people I've heard of making DEMANDS at The VA are its multitude of lawyers and beaurocrats, whom unfortunately place such ridiculous DEMANDS on some sick Veterans unlike no other Medical Care Giver in America would ever dare to do,...even for patients on Welfare with exotic illnesses, which is certainly understandable.

After all, no American Officials would dare permit experiments on any Welfare individuals in the first place, and most certainly wouldn't refuse such receiving necessary medical care. Normally such merciless and heartless type beaurocrats would loose their jobs and/or what paid to do by The American People,...in a minute.

Guess VA Officials or legalistic ABOVE ALL ELSE beaurocrats are above it all, and find anything not fitting the normal mold just an annoyance to be waltzed-around into infinity? Hey,...if it doesn't have to do with The Budget or getting friends jobs,...it's really not that important anyway.

Regardless Rick,...wish you and all other Veterans out there being put through hell by such; "Above it all" beaurocrats, Good Luck. You'll need it.

Neil