I am an US Army Veteran, but I am not part of the VA Hospital system. I have no idea how you can get a referral, but I can tell you about my experience with my radical prostatectomy. When I turned 40, thirty years ago, they just started offering PSA testing. I had numerous prostate infections over the years that started when I served in the US Army. My wife said I should get a PSA test because of my family history of prostate cancer. My grandfather at 80, my father at 65, and one of my uncle’s died in his 60’s from prostate cancer. My PSA results were 4.6 and my urologist recommended a biopsy. Three of the five cores came back positive for prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 6. I was happy that not all of them came back positive. I chose to get a radical prostatectomy over cryosurgery or radiation. I wanted a skilled surgeon to go in and see what was going on and he was skilled in doing a nerve spare operation. They didn’t have laparoscopic surgery when I had my radical prostatectomy. After the surgery my surgeon said all my cancer was contained within my prostate. Six months after surgery I regained my full sexual function, but I had constant leakage. With age my leakage got worse and 16 months ago, I had ProACT surgery and now I have no leakage. I discussed that surgery under the heading of ProACT in this form. I hope this is helpful.