This was handed to me by our Fearless Leader Harry. Ask Nod is a group enterprise and everyone is encouraged to submit helpful info. Harry is perennially up to the task in that regard. He pointed out that those helpful young men down at the VARO in Denver tried unsuccessfully to imply that this Veteran was an intravenous drug abuser with a long history of such. Unfortunately, the RO didn’t have any supporting evidence for this shocking accusation and the ploy failed. How many attacks on Vets’ morals succeed? Who knows. The good news is the Vet won this one. Nothing makes us happier than to publish these stories. Herewith, for the Veteran reader’s edification, another success story involving jetguns:

http://www.va.gov/vetapp05/Files3/0518599.txt

Sometimes, after shooting themselves repeatedly in the foot, they manage to get it right. Having not one, but 3 doctors testify on his behalf, VLJ James L. March ruled in favor of the Vet. He probably didn’t get a Christmas bonus that year (2005) and was warned to “knock it off” by his co-judges around the water cooler in the hallway because he was giving them all a bad name. I apologize. That is just conjecture on my part, not fact. I guess what I find amazing is that Government employees lied and twisted the facts to impugn the Veteran’s credibility and medical history and were not arrested and imprisoned. Since I don’t have a subscription to VA CONSPIRACY magazine, I always find it amazing when I discover things like this. Am I naive? Naw.