Once you get "in" to the VA Clinic in TV, time to get appointments varies vastly depending on what you need. Annual physicals seem to get scheduled pretty much regularly - maybe every 13 months. I needed a hearing exam. Asked for an appointment in March, got an appointment and had the test done this week (7/22) and sure enough, I do need new hearing aids. They took impressions, etc., and now I can go back to pick them up probably in NOVEMBER!!!!! I'm not sure exactly when because they are supposed to mail me the appointment date/time but they estimated it would be up in November because they are so backed up. On my eye exams, when I ask for an exam it is typically 45-60 days out that I get it scheduled. If I order new glasses from the vendor that the VA allows in the building, typically 30 days before new glasses are ready and you have to show up personally to get them. For now, eye exams are given at the VA in TV but the vendor is not there yet so you have to go to Ocala or Gainesville to get them (or get a copy of your prescription and go to Walmart and pick them up in three or four days). Walmart does not do the "one free pair of glasses" that the VA will pay for though. I use them for my prescription sun glasses and, if I decide to spring for a fancy tinted set, for those. I get the "plain Jane" free set from whomever the VA allows and keep them in my car as a spare.
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