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BVA– Bipolar +IVDU= HCV SC

Posted on October 5, 2011 by asknod

I keep hearing about these and finally found one. This is a 2011 decision and shows the misogynist reasoning need to arrive at this. I have heard of this with PTSD but not  the Bipolar route. Check out the “at least as … Continue reading →

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Post Office Form 3817

Posted on October 4, 2011 by asknod

While sending in my Notice of Disagreement with The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment chuckleheads today, I was chatting with the Post Office Mistress, or is that postmasterperson  shoot, postmistressperson,    masterpostperson, (this politically correct thing is hard to get the hang of) about … Continue reading →

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BVA– Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

Posted on October 3, 2011 by asknod

Every once in a while you run across a decision that compels you to read all the way through just to find out why (absent the perennial drug accusations) a Veteran loses something that ultimately is winnable. We here at … Continue reading →

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VA Theory of Odds of Getting Hep.

Posted on October 2, 2011 by asknod

VA has assigned a brand new sliding scale of the odds of getting Hepatitis C and what each ratio is. I had no idea they went into such detailed scientific research to obtain this.  This is utterly mind-boggling. >Intravenous drug … Continue reading →

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To Afghan Vets–CYA

Posted on October 2, 2011 by asknod

In July of 1970, three months after I arrived in SEA, somebody figured out I spoke French. As we were busy ignoring the border between RVN and Cambodia, they needed interpreters to communicate with the Cambodian AF pilots to direct … Continue reading →

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Remember DEROS?

Posted on October 2, 2011 by asknod

Remember that magic moment when suddenly you only had 30 more wakeups? Think back 40 years. All of a sudden 6 actual said”Take him off Point. He’s too short.”  Recall how your buddies would bait you by asking just how short you … Continue reading →

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PCT ratings

Posted on October 2, 2011 by asknod

While waiting 16 months for VA to rate me in 08, I read extensively. I was so sick it helped pass the time. My diet consisted of BVA decisions on all the things I had filed for except tinnitus. Porphyria … Continue reading →

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Tom Philpott–Military Update.

Posted on October 2, 2011 by asknod

Every Saturday morning I sit down to read the newspaper and most especially, the column by Tom Philpott -Military Update. It often deals with issues pertinent to our circumstances. His article this week was very touching. It was an article … Continue reading →

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VA Compensation Rates– In Case Of Success, Click Here.

Posted on October 1, 2011 by asknod

http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm

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BVA- Hep/Cirrhosis dilemma–DANGER!

Posted on October 1, 2011 by asknod

Here’s a horror story I’m sure some of you Veterans have encountered by now. Imagine filing for SC for hep and cirrhosis and winning. Your med recs support it and you are most definitely entitled to it. One little problem. … Continue reading →

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