And some of the VA policies are idiotic. My dad was normally seen at Walter Reed. For the last couple of years he was bedridden and we were getting some of his stuff from the VA. His docs at Walter Reed would give us his meds (including IV antibiotics) over the phone and we'd drive there to pick them up.
The VA - they made us bring him in once a year for a ten minute "consult" - his records from Walter Reed or the hospice doc weren't good enough - we had to get an ambulance to take him there and back again - for them to look at him ad say "yep, he's still sick and needs the diapers and mats"
Yeah, my dad was in and out of hospice for about three years.