3/10/2024 0 Comments Handicapped bed rails![]() Reference: Medical Equipment and Supplies, Office of Prosthetics and Sensory Aids Services, VHA Handbook 1173.08. I RECEIVED A REGULAR HOSPITAL BED WHEN I WAS SINGLE, OF COURSE THIS IS FL & MAN ARE THEY BEHIND HERE!!! WE MUST ASSIST EACH OTHER!!! I AM A PSYCH PATIENT AS WELL AS BUSTED UP FROM MY SERVICE, ILL CARRY THE BALL FOR A WHILE, IM SO HAPPY TO BE ALIVE AND HAVE A REASONABLE PORTION OF HEALTH & STRENGTH I DO THIS FOR VETS WHO MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY CANT HANDLE VA BUREAUCRATIC NONSENSE AS I ONCE COULD NOT!!! PEACE & A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! THANKS ALL BOYS & GIRLS FOR YOU PATRIOTIC SERVICE. THE INFO PRESENTED HEREIN HAS BEEN MOST BENEFICIAL, I WILL POST HERE MY TRAVAIL OF GETTING A KING SIZE ADJUSTABLE BED. ![]() I HAVE A LITANY OF AILMENTS AND CONDITIONS ALL OF WHICH THE VA IS WELL AWARE OF. SUBSEQUENTLY I ASCERTAINED THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT VIZONS (SP) OR REGIONS AND EACH HAS DIFFERNT AND STRANGELY DIFFERING RULES FOR US!!! THIS BED SITUATION IS SIMPLY RIDICULOUS. MUCH TO MY GRAVE SURPRISE I WAS TOLD THAT "WEVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT,". I MOVED FROM TEXAS TO FLORIDA AND WAS QUITE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THE VAST DIFFERENCE IN ALLOWED BENEFITS FOR 100% DISABLED VETS!!! IN TX I RECEIVED A CLOTHING ALLOWANCE FOR THE DAMAGE MY BACK, KNEE & ANKLE BRACES DO TO MY CLOTHING. This is requiring that I contact my daughter's nurse for the instructions. I'll post more info when I finish the process I am going through. There are also employees who envy the benefits for veterans. As with every agency out there, each rep gives you different information depending how and when they were trained. Also, separating a partner from sleeping with their spouse definitely can exacerbate depression. You have to have a rating for your injury, and one of the reasons she got a bigger bed is that she is married, has restless leg syndrome, and for some, you need to have the need to elevate your head and legs. You can get tempurpedic pillows, wedges, body pillows, the small wedges that keep you from rolling from sleeping on your back. A very specific prescription is required, stating why you need a larger mattress, not the kind from a durable medical supply company, because the mattress provided by the agency may be uncomfortable for your individual back injury needs. These items require research of your own, because some VA locations have idiots running things. The VA also can provide a card similar to a credit card, with a pre-set monetary limit, used to pay for goods or services acquired by authorized and designated employees for the official VA use. I had to send the copy of VHA Handbook 1173.08, Medical Equipment and Supplies to the director initially. I was told by the director of the pain clinic that it was impossible, my primary care doctor put in a request but that prosthetic medical equipment company could only provide a twin-size hospital bed. ![]() The drawback was that in order to get the specific mattress she wanted, she paid for the mattress herself and they immediately reimbursed her. I had a neurosurgeon tell me that if I could find the item I needed, he would put in a request for it, but he is no longer working at my facility. The home health nurse put in the request, and it was approved. My disabled daughter has gotten a king-size adjustable bed from the VA.
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