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I'm 100% Permanent & Total since 1990 for Severe Anxiety/PTSD; the VAMC Muskogee refuses to treat ANY of my health conditions including PTSD.

Submitted 2007-08-01

Defendant: US Department of Veterans Affairs (PTSD health care)

I've had 10 hospitalizations and 6 major surgeries since 1990. The VAMC elected NOT to treat me, made excuses, threats and claimed they were not able to treat me because I am a female veteran. The PTSD team at the VA is restricted to only male veterans. The VA hospital in Muskogee has placed a "do not pay" order on my file for all private claims. From 2003 to 2005, I had 5 surgeries done privately via admission to private ER/ICU due to ACUTE kidney failure and severe blood clots leaving me bedridden for months. My medical bills have totaled over $100,000. The VA business office refused all claims except for a partial payment to the local hospital after 4 appeals. The VA claims that my total kidney failure, blood clots and increased PTSD are/were all non-urgent. I've been on Coumadin for the past 4 years and the VA has not done any lab work for the past 15 months. Meanwhile, I've been forced to get a 2nd mortgage for $50,000 on my home to re-pay private hospital expenses. My two mortgages and mounting medical/prescription cost me 75% of my disability income. This forces me to live on credit cards for my food and weekly psychotherapy sessions. The VA's severe neglect of my healthcare has led to my poor health and the permanent loss of my right kidney. The chief of psychiatry has threatened to personally sue me if I expose this neglectful treatment. I need some sort of help with my diminishing health before I end up on dialysis.

-- Oklahoma


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