Monthly Archives: December 2011

BVA–TARRED AND FEATHERED

Posted on December 10, 2011 by asknod

This is a classic example of VA’s habit of interviewing you at an initial intake exam and trying to pin the willful misconduct tail on the donkey. I have witnessed it numerous times, including having it almost happen to me. … Continue reading →

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BVA–§1151-HCV Reasonably Foreseeable?

Posted on December 10, 2011 by asknod

I always search BVA and CAVC decisions for medical validity and to see how the VA approaches these things. While reviewing this decision, I noticed, as did the VLJ, that a VA physician opined that the risk of acquiring an … Continue reading →

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Wilco Farm Stores

Posted on December 9, 2011 by asknod

While shopping at the new Wilco store in Gig Harbor, Washington where I live, I was pleased to find that they offer a 10% discount to Veterans. I mention this because I always patronize stores which offer this above others … Continue reading →

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Of Prophylactics And The Monsoon

Posted on December 9, 2011 by asknod

Even though I spent most of my two years either in Thailand or north of the border, I did have occasion to visit Saigon more than once on business at 7th Tactical Air Combat Control (TACC). I was there for … Continue reading →

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OUT TO LUNCH

Posted on December 8, 2011 by asknod

Cupcake and I are celebrating our twenty fourth anniversary today so I will be out. I apologize for no intriguing post about the shortcomings of the VA system this afternoon. A short aside to you male Vets out there. When … Continue reading →

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BVA–Dr. Ben Cecil

Posted on December 7, 2011 by asknod

Here’s a case that exhibits the narrow-minded, myopic policy of the VA examiner to focus so totally on only one side of the dice cube that he never sees the other 5 sides. The Vet had hep in service and … Continue reading →

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FED.CIR.–Purple Heart v. VASEC (2009)

Posted on December 6, 2011 by asknod

Last year I did an interesting writeup about Macklem v. Shinseki (Leroy Macklem, come on down!). What I didn’t do was give a complete rationale for why the CAVC ruled the way it did. I simply mentioned the rescission on appeal of … Continue reading →

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DC 7354–THE FINE PRINT

Posted on December 5, 2011 by asknod

A member sent me an email and stated that he could never qualify for 20% or more under the HCV ratings percentages even though he was very ill. He wondered how any of us ever got above that with the … Continue reading →

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Quote for the Day

Posted on December 5, 2011 by asknod

Watching the Republicans and the Democrats bicker over the U.S. debt is like watching two drunks arguing over a bar bill on the Titanic

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BVA– HABCV

Posted on December 4, 2011 by asknod

Here’s a well-done production by a Pro Se Vet. You can figure this out easily. There is no REPRESENTATION line in there for the attorney of VSO. The judge, like most there at the BVA, is no spring chicken. Vito Clemente is … Continue reading →

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