My one and only experience with VA has been very positive. The nearest VA facility is 60 miles from my home, and after getting a hearing loss evaluation there and being given free hearing aids and all the consumables they require such as batteries, a chronic ear/sinus infection I've had for years was referred to a private ENT doc closer to home. A procedure called a "balloon rhinoplasty" was done, and the problem that several previous private practitioners had tried to treat was gone. No charge to me for either procedure, and the hearing aids I received are much better quality than my wife's $5K ones. I used to think that a VA hospital was where homeless veterans went to die, but so far, I'm very impressed.
