I had a similar experience, before surgery I was tested for everything, the blood work came back that I had "reacted" to Hep C and advised the doc to check the VL. No one looked at my blood work, back then there was no law for lab to contact me. The surgery was done and I suffered for years after. I did not discover this until 4 years later a lawyer told me that there is a 4 year limit in VA so nothing could be done.
Very frustrating, if I had known I would not have had the surgery as all those meds damaged my liver/body even more. Back then I did not have cirrhosis yet and could have been a better candidate for SOC. I hope this makes sense, I am on meds and at time get confused.
I think it is a great idea to try to educate as many people as possible
Take care
Dee.
To conclude. I'm going to ask for it anyway on thursday, based on what I've learned here.