EricDraven wrote:SRQ447 wrote:Hi guys, wondering if anyone has had success getting the VA to pay for a name-brand surgeon through community care? Not interested in being part of the learning process for a VA doc... Any hints or tips appreciated.
I was just implanted almost 3 weeks ago through the VA. I fought for about 8 years. I was denied because they considered it cosmetic and deemed not necessary. I tried community care and was also told it was cosmetic. I bitched and complained to a patient advocate and was finally approved in 2020. Had to wait 3 more years because they stopped operations because of Covid.
In my area, South Carolina, they will not approve community care. However if you wish a sex change operation, they will approve 100%. G
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EricDraven, sorry about your long journey to get the implant. I'm glad that you kept fighting to get the implant approved. I'm not sure what you could have done different to get it approved faster.
How long were you in the military? Was the VA the only route that you could go with military medicine?
I'm retired Air Force and I could have went with the VA but I didn't, I had already been going to see the urologist at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio about problems with my prostrate, so as I was filling out questionnaires about the problems I was experiencing with my prostrate, this included problems with Erectile Dysfunction, so they started asking me questions about the problems I was having with ED. So they did the Rezum prostrate procedure first on me because of my enlarged benign prostrate, which helped my prostrate but made my ED worse; after I healed from the prostrate surgery they did the implant. This was in the middle of COVID, so I had to have all the test done to make sure I was clear.
I'm so glad that I was able to get it done, it has given me a new lease on life. I'm thankful that I only had full blown ED for a few months before I got the implant. I can't imagine having to wait 10 years.
I hope all goes well with you new implant and that they did a good job.
Good Luck,
Again, I'm sorry about the long journey you went through to get to this point.
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