Here is what Medicare/Medicaid had to say about the Government paying for medical procedures......and it is pure government double talk after they say the Population affected by the situation is too small to be able to effectively determine the need/benefit of such surgery/treatment.
Now if that is for a population far larger than described in the DOD funded Rand Studies.....then perhaps there is a lot of hot air about a very small issue.
https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverag...aspx?NCAId=282