NEW INEWSOURCE INVESTIGATION

VA doctors are being overruled on veterans’ treatment plans. Here’s why.

John Seymour looks at bottles of prescription pain medication that doctors at VA prescribed for him, Warner Springs, Calif., Sept. 30, 2021. Seymour suffers from multiple medical conditions including a spinal injury. (Zoë Meyers/inewsource)
Navy veteran Christine Russell is photographed at St. Michael’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Carlsbad, Aug. 18, 2021. (Zoë Meyers/inewsource)
Marine Corps veteran Kiowa Wolfe holds photos from his retirement ceremony, Aug. 5, 2021. (Zoë Meyers/inewsource)
John Seymour and Amy Warix are shown outside their home in Warner Springs, Calif., Sept. 30, 2021.
Rainelle Wolfe holds her husband Kiowa’s hand while talking to reporters at their home in Santee, Aug. 5, 2021. (Zoë Meyers/inewsource)
by Jill Castellano

An inewsource investigation has found that VA administrators are overruling doctors and preventing them from sending their patients outside the VA health care system. These efforts have caused gaps in care, questionable cancer treatment plans and cutoffs in mental health care for suicidal patients.

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