I won't let the VA touch me. I have good insurance and will use that before I let the VA near me. I'm still waiting on my claim for my right knee (service connected, by the way) total knee replacement surgery I had done Oct. 16th, 2024, under my own insurance. My back falls in with other claims that are under a higher-level review, of which the VA has come back with "A duty to assist" response. Which means they made a mistake in denying that claim in the first place. But still waiting on the VA to get off their ***. Oh, and never mind the claim I have under appeal for almost a year now, with probably another year to go for a decision. Yup, there is a reason I won't let the VA touch me. If I haven't heard anything on my knee claim by the end of the month, I'm going to get my congressional representative involved. I know there are some out there that have had good luck with the VA, but I'm not one of them.