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VA claims blogger

ROUND UP THE USUAL SUSPECTS

Posted on April 8, 2013 by asknod

Your VAOIG at Work Here’s the latest hot sheet on all those wonderful folks who help Vets. If what we see represents the tip of the iceberg, we can only wonder what isn’t detected and prosecuted. Jamestown, NY VA Nurse … Continue reading →

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ONLY IN AMERICA

Posted on April 7, 2013 by asknod

From the shallow end of the Mekong River, Jimbo brings us this one. We love lawyers when they are our own-bought and paid for. We hate other lawyers when they are employed against us as the VA is wont to … Continue reading →

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THE TOMATO NURSERY

Posted on April 7, 2013 by asknod

If Cupcake finds out I’m doing this in the back laundry room, I’m toast. If the countertop blows up from all the water, well, I may have to find new living arrangements. I guess I can blame VA for it … Continue reading →

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FACEWINNER

Posted on April 7, 2013 by asknod

I found this on my social media organizer where I am instructed on what is the politically correct thing to think on any given day. Fortunately, this being America, I am free to move about the country. Michael Stevens earns … Continue reading →

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BVA–ROBERT DOES DC

Posted on April 6, 2013 by asknod

Sometimes, in their haste to assassinate a Vet, the RO neglects to take the head shot and ensure the claimant is down permanently. Such is the case here. For lack of a word in the right place in 2002 and failure to … Continue reading →

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NPRC RECORDS–WHO GOT BURNED?

Posted on April 6, 2013 by asknod

I received an email several days ago from a gal whose husband served from the early eighties for 4 years. They had filed for various diseases (yep-HCV, too) and got back an interesting note from their VSO. It appears their … Continue reading →

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GANGNAM STYLE

Posted on April 5, 2013 by asknod

Here’s my grandson Conner at his talent show last night. Nine years old and headed for the stars. He dreamed all this up and practiced without any adult intervention.

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COLLISION WITH COLLUSION

Posted on April 5, 2013 by asknod

Member Loyal sends us this one. It’s ugly. I tacked on a comment at the bottom of the article that sums up my feelings on the subject. It reminds me of the second stanza of the old Buffalo Springfield tune … Continue reading →

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RANDY-5, VA-0 FOR CUE

Posted on April 5, 2013 by asknod

We do not advocate using CUE as a legal means to attain the proper rating but apparently that hasn’t stopped some of you from doing so. More than a year ago now, WGM used it to overturn the Whacko, Texas … Continue reading →

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GYNECOLOGIST CUM MECHANIC

Posted on April 4, 2013 by asknod

Tonkin Canoe club member and few/proud sends us this winner. Where he found this wellhead of jokes is a mystery but we are the beneficiaries. A gynecologist had become fed up with malpractice insurance and HMO paperwork and was burned out.  Hoping to … Continue reading →

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