I would suggest that anyone planning to make a claim for VA care should do so through one of the service organizations like the American Legion or Disabled American Veterans, or the VFW or VVA. Most of them have service officers in or near VA hospitals and they really do know the ropes.

As to phony vets, I knew a guy in Cheyenne WY when I lived there who had a "secret" Medal of Honor - all the information about it was "still classified!" The fact that no one could find anthing in any of the registers proved it was true, according to him. Interesting guy. Still goes "to South America on secret assassination missions."

O'Meara