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JACK NICKLAUS TO BUILD MY BACK NINE

Posted on March 8, 2013 by asknod

I just received this from Tombo the Proud. Way cool. That’s my golf course. Thank you America and thank you Jack. Now if I can figure out how to last eighteen holes -walking or riding.

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VR&E–I CAN’T HEAR YOU

Posted on March 8, 2013 by asknod

My good friends at the Seattle VR&E office have finally received their marching orders from the DC overlords. In what appears to be a case of scarce judicial resources, they gave up on a local attempt to rebut my NOD … Continue reading →

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VBMS– WHAT’S NEXT?

Posted on March 5, 2013 by asknod

As we all know from the propaganda fliers VA dropped over us recently, VBMS is getting ready to make a big difference in the backlog. This expected windfall is programmed in to seize the high ground and eliminate  Global Warming by going … Continue reading →

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AIR AMERICA FINALLY ENTERS THE PICTURE

Posted on March 3, 2013 by asknod

I had often wondered over the last forty years when this would come to pass. So many of the AirAm guys I worked with were Vets that I figured someone would have come forward a lot sooner. I always marveled … Continue reading →

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FACE STREET JOURNAL

Posted on March 3, 2013 by asknod

And the envelope, please.  From Carrie Stiffler, this week’s winner is…. You find some funny stuff on the Facepage.

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CAVC–McMILLAN v. SHINSEKI– BAD NEWS TRAVELS FAST

Posted on March 3, 2013 by asknod

I suspected this was going to hit the books in record time and I was right. Barely a week later following Walker, we are seeing it being cited. Seriously. A week? When my BVA decision was announced in 1992, no … Continue reading →

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FE-FI-HO-HUM–I SMELL A HARD SELL

Posted on March 2, 2013 by asknod

VA’s latest publication on why we are in deep doo-doo is intriguing. The backlog has more excuses than Carter has pills. I know that sounds old fashioned but this needs no tortured explanation. All the flag waving is merely a … Continue reading →

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SMC (SPECIAL MONTHLY COMPENSATION)-WHAT IS IT?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by asknod

Member Carla writes and says “my husband has lost the use of his creative organ for all intents and purposes. They attribute this to his DM2. He was also blinded in one eye from shell fragments during a mortar attack … Continue reading →

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NOD v. SHINSEKI–VA CAVES IN ?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by asknod

This just in. After reading their cards and weeping, VASEC has just acknowledged they are holding what appears to be a compromised or losing hand. Oddly enough, it only took them 5 years to ascertain this (2008). I guess someone sat down … Continue reading →

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FED. CIR.–WALKER V. SHINSEKI–§3.303(b) SAYS WHAT?

Posted on February 25, 2013 by asknod

After years of zooming by 38 CFR §3.303(b) like an anonymous building alongside  the freeway at 65 mph and seeing it quoted often in denials of HCV cases, I was rudely awakened to the following. Apparently a lot of us pro … Continue reading →

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