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VA claims blogger

PAPA NOEL– THEN AND NOW

Posted on December 27, 2011 by asknod

When I was a child and for the succeeding generation, the admonition by parents that they might have to write Santa a snail mail letter (first class with delivery the next day to the North Pole) and tell of your … Continue reading →

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BVA–13 YEARS AND COUNTING

Posted on December 26, 2011 by asknod

Here’s a decision that immediately catches your eye. Our patient Vet from Jackson, Mississippi is now into this over thirteen years and counting. It’s unclear when he filed other than that he was denied in 1998. What is clear is that … Continue reading →

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CAVC–HORBOL v SHINSEKI– Medical Opinions from Fortune Cookies

Posted on December 25, 2011 by asknod

Veteran Steve A. Horbol served from 1972 to 1975. He was service connected for HCV before he arrived here. He’s trying to connect the dots between sleep apnea and his hep. I commend him for trying. I think it would … Continue reading →

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North Carolina Pecan Puffs

Posted on December 24, 2011 by asknod

It’s Christmas once again and that draws me to the kitchen. I love cooking deserts so it’s only natural that I want you Vets to be sure you get your daily supply of butter, too. It’s one of the five … Continue reading →

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CAVC–Reinhart v. Shinseki–IFN=Blindness

Posted on December 23, 2011 by asknod

Pity Mr. Michael J. Reinhart. He enlisted in 1962 and separated in 1964. He got the HCV diagnosis in February 2002, began the bug juice November 2002 and started to notice some odd effects he hadn’t been counseled on. The … Continue reading →

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PBC-NEW HEPATITIS

Posted on December 23, 2011 by asknod

Perhaps the phraseology is wrong, but the disease isn’t. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, or PBC, is a form of hepatitis with no DNA or RNA serum markers. It doesn’t mimic autoimmune or steatohepatitis either. In fact it is dissimilar to alcoholic … Continue reading →

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VCS v. VASEC– 9th Fed. Cir. VIDEO

Posted on December 23, 2011 by asknod

If you have a spare hour, this is a good watch. It will open your eyes on how deeply the VA is in denial. Denial of their backlog problems. Denial of our claims. Denial that they even have any problems! … Continue reading →

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ILP SURVEY

Posted on December 22, 2011 by asknod

As some of you may know, the VA has a clandestine program for Veterans that they do not advertise and are trying desperately to conceal. The Independent Living Program, or ILP as it is known, is run by the Vocational Rehab folks. … Continue reading →

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Re: THEOFRASTOU V. SHINSEKI

Posted on December 21, 2011 by asknod

I received this letter from Mr. Wayne Theofrastou today: Wayne Theofrastou says: Dear Sir: What have I ever done to you that rates your belittlement of me, my character and my service connection for hep C case ? The VA placed … Continue reading →

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ASKNOD POLL

Posted on December 20, 2011 by asknod
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