Can the VA refuse to treat a 100% service-connected veteran citing their case as "too complex," and also refuse to outsource them for care?

I called the Presidents hot line and fella hung up on me. I called back and a young lady offered me a coloring book. I said, Thanks but no thanks.

Don't forget your elected representatives in the House and Senate.

PO1 Janice Ritz - In Indiana, the statehouse representatives and senators won't get involved with federal agencies. They defer to the US Senators and Congresspersons, which makes sense, but is somewhat disappointing at the same time when they're supposed to fight for constituents.

Sgt Brett Holdeman -
I Noted This Goes Back To May Of 2020 ~ About 4 Years Ago,
But I'd Bet Little To Nothing Has Changed. I've Been Doing Combat With Our VA Out Here In Vegas On Multiple Issues But Here's One Just For Chuckles: I Have COPD, And Am In Need Of A Portable Oxygen Machine, ~~ I AM Qualified, 3 Times In Fact. By Their Request,~~ A Prescription Has Been Written, ~ Dayton VA In Ohio Had It Ready To Ship.
BTW ~ We Vets Regardless Of What You've Been Told ARE Entitled To Treatment, Medications And Medical Equipment From ANY VA Facility In The World ~ No Limitations ,No Strings Attacked.. PERIOD ~~ BUT The VA Here In Vegas Has Been Fighting With Me For About 3 YEARS Now & I'm NOT Giving Up.... Here's Why. ~~ And I Suggest It Be Copied, Pasted, And SAVED In Your Files ~ VA Employees Will Say " But I've Been Told XXX", But NONE Have Ever Seen The Following Documentation, So They DO NOT KNOW~ Only Been TOLD By Someone Else Whom Was Also TOLD:
~~ ~~~ Copy & Save The Following Information To Your Computer Files~~~~~
SUBJECT: Is A Military Veteran Entitled To Care And Supplies, Through ANY Va Facility, Regardless Of Where He Resides?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I Asked:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Is A Military Veteran Entitled To Care And Supplies, Through ANY Va Facility, Regardless Of Where He Resides?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VA.gov Replied~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
YES, a military veteran can receive medical products from out-of-state VA facilities, even if they are not living there. However, the veteran must be eligible for VA care without needing to enroll or be enrolled in VA health care 1. The eligibility for community care is dependent upon a veteran’s individual health care needs or circumstances 1. In most cases, veterans must receive approval from VA prior to obtaining care from a community provider 1. VA staff members generally make all eligibility determinations 1. Please note that VA is not authorized to ship medications or medical/surgical supply items outside of the U.S. or its territories 2. If you’re a veteran who lives overseas, you remain entitled to the benefits and services you earned through your military service. Most VA benefits are payable regardless of your place of residence or nationality 3. If you’re moving outside the U.S., you’ll need to sign up for the Foreign Medical Program. Through this program, VA will pay for certain needed health care services received in foreign countries to treat a service-connected disability or a disability that’s making a service-connected condition worse 4.
I hope this helps!
~~ All We Vets Need To Do, ~ IF Your Reading This, ~IS What We've Already Done ~~

I get great care at my VA and they have referred me to University hospital a few times. One of my doctors is a division director at the university. I have had a lot of internal referrals based on lab results. I take an expensive medication and it took lots of jumping through hoops to get it approved. I have Medicare so I get some care outside by choice.

Last June, I had a 12-hour open-heart procedure at the UC Hospital in Cincinnati. Mine was farmed out because they said they seldom do them at the VA. They even covered six weeks of rehab at a second hospital. So far, so good. I get more care at times than I really ask for and have a wonderful PCP. I was rated at 90% based on my history and have no complaints what-so-ever. My situation was backed up by my health records. I retired in 1990 and didn't apply for disability until 2017 at my wife's urging. I missed out on 27 years of care and pay. Good luck and I hope someone helps you find the right solution.

SPC Matt Ovaska - Been going to the VA for 50 years. I have gotten that letter about missing an appointment when I didn't. Aside from that I have been treated far better than my mother might have and at 75 I am ready for combat still thanks to them, something real local with my 3 sons there to referee. Prefer an older guy with some serious handicaps. but nonetheless. I am always polite however. I cannot thank them enough for my longevity.

SFC Domingo M. - Cincy VA may have misled you, brother, as the Indy VA has been doing open-heart surgeries for at least the last dozen years. I think Dr Sharp has since retired, but was grooming another fellow to take his place, whose name now escapes me. I'm glad you're recovering well and pray you'll be back to normal soon!

LCDR Mike Morrissey why did the vet only get 30 days at 100%? It should have been 3 months.

SSgt Lisa J. Markland - HI Lisa, I am the Sr Vice Commander for DAV State of Rhode Island and I also volunteer at the Providence VA helping veterans put in claims. If you still need help, let me know. Additionally you can locate your local DAV NSO and send a message for them to call you here: https://nsolocator.dav.org/

Personally DAV dug in along with American Legion and helped me over the hump on some serious negligence from the VA...get this, in my application the main reason for re-opening and re-evaluating the injury 23 years later after the initial "0% nothing wrong with you" they had to accept my full military medical records as "New Evidence" <--- get that? New Evidence they had never looked at before. My medical records had examinations held by three separate Navy doctors all stating the same thing in 1989...in 2013 a civilian contracted doctor who was not in the "good old boys" VA "doctor" club told me the VA had given him a "form letter diagnosis form" that only had check boxes that lead to the same 23 year old willfully negligent malingering response of "0%", but he said he was allowed to make notes in the margin. He completed the real examination with his notes and when the VA received his report I know damn good and well it lined up perfectly with what was in the military medical records as they were forced to acknowledge that the disability was real and compensable...however when I filed my FOIA to receive my civilian doctors examination notes in MY MEDICAL record, the VA refused to send it to me. They are still hiding from their willful negligence by not providing the corroborating evidence, furthermore I request the official government communication between the VA representative case manager and myself from a three month period leading up to them being forced to award, because someone had hacked into my e-mail account and deleted three months worth of e-mails between me and the VA...they refused to send me those official documents claiming it would "expose the personal information of others" and yet it was only official open communication between myself and the VA official...once again, they are hiding what they did. I am half way through the 546 day delay on appeal (Why is that? Waiting and hoping for me to die?) when I finally get my day in front of a judge I hope it is an impartial person with no connection to that Keystone Cops organization, the VA.

SSgt Donna Coffin - You only get 30 Days at 100% after you have had surgery and a doctor signs off. You can get additional 30 days with a doctors sign off but once that period is done, you revert back to your original claim %.
You can only get a permanent increase with a claim and the processing through that.