I was looking through the library of BvA claims from 2011. I noticed this one and everything struck me as off about it. The Vet was recently rated in 2008 and is asking for a Fenderson of his original rating.  All well and good. but they are reluctant to grant any more than the 10% from 2010 to 2012. Instead, they grant the 10% backwards to his immense pleasure to his filing date in 2007.  No 20% forRichard Simmons here.  He’s announced that he’s smoking his peers on the golf course. Huh? Why would you sandbag your chances for a good rating by telling Dr. C&P that you’re   hitting to an 8?

The Vet has a Service Rep to put a hand over his mouth, but to no avail. This was where I got to thinking. How old is this dude? 10% for hep? How long has he had it? What’s going on? When you breeze through the beginning on these in a rush to get to the meat, you miss the beginning credits and who stars it it. This old boy was from the Civil War-almost. He probably got drafted in 1950 at 18. That would make him about 80 or so. If he’s just now getting the dirty dozen from this bug then he must have gotten it  from a recent (pre-92) transfusion or one of those Famous Amos vA colonoscopies with a surprise in it.

File this one in “Somebody stop me from talking”  under D in the Diarrhea of the Piehole file. I always ask those who seek to file to look at DC7354 and see where they fall in the code. This gives you two valuable things-what to look for and why your right upper quadrant near the rib cage hurt for the last ten years. Most importantly it discusses how many days you were incapacitated in the most-recent last twelve months. For those of you from Pomona that would be how many days did you miss from March 2012 to March 2011 if counting backwards from today. If it’s less than 7, then you need to act sicker.

I will share this baking tip with you. We all love to use sugar when we cook. If you have hep and you’re at Stage 3-4, I found out (quite by accident) that if you eat too much fatty red meat and too many sweets and desert, your AST/ALT will go up dramatically. I mean WAY up. I wouldn’t suggest doing this if you’re diabetic. It will kill you, but for all the other daring individuals, it’s a neat hepatitis hat trick. The Mary Kaye #4 black eye shadow is a must for under each eye and don’t forget to accessorize with a drop of Schilling’s FD&C #2 Yellow food dye in each eye before that all-important C&P  Meet and Greet.  Wear shabby, loose-fitting clothes and say little. You impress them to no end. I guarantee it.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Jack LaLanne :

http://www.va.gov/vetapp/wraper_bva.asp?file=/vetapp11/Files4/1136713.txt