No doubt you are correct. Mine is second hand knowledge on the topic. Universally, I heard negative experiences trying to get tested, and or get any real assistance with TRT. TRT/HRT is now much more common and accepted, I assume that trickles into the VA too. Obviously that’s taken a big step with recent developments. It’s interesting to note that outside the mil, it went from almost impossible to get TRT/HRT to almost too easy and men who may not even need it being given one size fits all protocols of 200mg of T (way too high for many), and other meds they don’t need, such as Anastrozole. In FL, there’s a TRT/HRT clinic on every corner, some given T without testing!
All the haters made a big fuss about the annual screening cost and time blah blah blah and I’m just waiting for it to be added as a question on the PHA and nothing more.
WillBrink, I won’t pretend to know the policy details, but the clinic vs clinic distinction utahjeeper and User 1168 are drawing is the part that matters. Proper morning labs and a real low T diagnosis are very different from a radio ad promising 300 mg a week. For anyone actually considering it, the military medical channel and a doctor who will talk about fertility and hematocrit up front is the only sensible path. Outside of that, sleep, lifting and body fat still move the needle a lot for most people in their 30s and 40s.