@nprofile1q... - Yeah, I kept getting auto-denied and I finally got ahold of someone who moved things around for me. Silliness.
What's great is I severed my ACL in Iraq and reported it but was denied care even in active duty (the xrays did not show cartilage tear so they thought i was lying to get out of duty).
I reported it when I got out and they denied me again.
Two years later I was doing construction and tore the meniscus and paid for an MRI out of my own pocket. It detected the torn ACL and I got it fixed with donor tissue.
Come back 15 years later and I see written in my medical records "patient claims he sprained his knee.". Like you sorry mother-lovers. How dare. Hahaha. Proper silliness.
Sorting it all out now. The local VA is amazing. Amazing docs. Amazing care. Grossly and maliciously understaffed. But they do amazing.