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BVA– Process of Elimination

Posted on October 7, 2011 by asknod

Here’s a recent decision that involves a novel approach. I’m sure the Veteran thought he was much better educated than his SO and therefore this approach was a winner. I would have loved to have been a fly on the … Continue reading →

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Lars S.

Posted on October 7, 2011 by asknod

Lars S. was the quintessential Veteran of the Vietnam war conflict. He was a distinguished member of the long grey line. That’s a euphemism for a West Point graduate. He was in it for the long term as a profession. He was … Continue reading →

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VA Budget for Homeless Vets

Posted on October 6, 2011 by asknod

Everyone who knows me is aware of my propensity to digest numbers and discover aberrant results. I saw this on Veterans today as a tweet. http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/10/05/secretary-shinseki-announces-an-additional-10-3-million-to-help-eliminate-veterans-homelessness/ Extrapolating by adding 59.5 Million dollars to the new authorization of 10. 3 Million dollars yields … Continue reading →

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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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