John and Ray have invited me on again for an in-depth gander at how we are doing the new §3.350(f)(3) “Barry Bumps” as we call them. For the uninitiated, Mr. Barry, via a great VA Agent and litigator (Jim Perciavalle) drove this claim all the way to the Fed. Circus and won it. Seems VA has been funnin’ us ever since 1946 and tellin’ us we only get one scoop of (f)(3) on our SMC ice cream cones. The Feds disagreed and said VA needed to use SMC Phonics and sound it out. 

So here we are a year later and VA is still dogging it and only handing out about half of what we are entitled to. I’m going to take one of my client’s code sheets and break it down for all to see how we argue it up at the Board. Arguing it at the local yokel level at the Fort Fumble’s across our fruited plains hasn’t exactly produced stellar results yet. Seems they just discovered after 6 years that their SMC Ratings Calculator was broken. Worse, it broke back in 1946…

Try letting this sink in. There are a veritable shit ton of you folks out there with SMC Ls for a&a or Loss of Use who are entitled to these bumps. If every one of you rose up and filed a CUE and demanded the retro bucks they owe you, VA is going to be hurtin’ for certain on payback ’til the Second Coming of Christ. The effective date will be the date you filed for and won your claim. Holy Shit Batman doesn’t even come close to describing this fustercluck.

California Jam April 9, 1974. That’s me in the top hat in the upper left.

So tune in on you computer in living color come Thursday evening at 1900 Hrs East or 1600 West and let’s scratch off your VA lottery tickets and see if you won anything. Here’s the link. Remember, this is a live Zoom type show so you’ll need video and audio to tune in.

https://riverside.fm/studio/exposed-vet-productions?token=1093e0029abf4094b42cd16bf405165b918ea562

We look forward to seeing you there.

Operating Location C / Tango 11 in NW Thailand. Circa 10/1970. Asknod in lower right in camo with no rank or insignia.

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