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Veterans Help Sites

NOD Manager Registered: 11/22/08 Posts: 654  06/05/11 #1      As its summer and I spend most of my time in the garden, I notice a corresponding decline in Veterans seeking help. Could it be others are similarly occupied doing … Continue reading

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RO Error Rate

In a recent audit of the VA Disability Compensation System at 16 Regional Offices, the VA Office of the Inspector General estimates that the rating staff incorrectly processed 23 percent of the 45,000 claims inspected.Of the16 Regional Offices, Baltimore, MD … Continue reading

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Eating Feces Ruled Not A Risk Factor

File this one in the Boldly Going Nowhere File: We came across this one and felt the burning need to share it with our members. In the March 2010 VA examination report, the Veteran claimed that he contracted hepatitis C during service … Continue reading

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Ebenefits– Too Cool For School

After Menalteed’s long battle with the VARO in Seattle, we decided to join the cutting edge of VA access and enlist in the Ebenefits program (See Timeline for Life is Getting Short). We have tried the Myhealthevet and found its … Continue reading

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Job Openings–CAVC

The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims has  been authorized 9 Justices. Due to Judges retiring, laziness and inattention, we now have a predicament where 6 Judges are shouldering the workload of 9. Several older, retired Judges have come back on a temporary … Continue reading

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VA-Friendly Fire?

Veterans have been approaching us for nigh on 3 years on this site and bemoaning the fact that they have filed claims and discovered VA (that would be the Veterans Administration) is an antagonist rather than their “good buddy”.    … Continue reading

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New and Improved AO

Some of you probably thought that Dow Chemical quit manufacturing Agents Orange, Blue, White, Pink, Purple and Green after the Vietnam War. You would be wrong. Agent Blue is still manufactured and used extensively in theUS. Agent Purple was 300% … Continue reading

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New Presumptive AO Diseases.

 In an exciting development for Vietnam Veterans, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gen.Eric K. Shinseki announced today that the National Institute of Health has identified 3 new diseases with presumptive ties to the defoliant know as Agent Orange. Exposure to Agent … Continue reading

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The Noodle Dude’s BVA Hearing– 4/5/2011

     I had a Board hearing on my claim for an earlier effective date of 1994 today. Some of you may be aware that I filed my original claim for hep. and PCT 17 years ago. I was denied … Continue reading

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New Libyan Theatre Medal

We called our inside guys at Fort Fumble to get the skinny on the Libya thing. They always have the latest news from that fishing shack down in Georgia where all the vast right wing conspiracies are hatched.  This is … Continue reading

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