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BVA– HOW BAD DO YOU WANT TO LOSE?

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

Okay. Do not show up for the C&P exam. Check. Don’t show up for the Travel Board Hearing. Check. Ignore the Risk Factors Questionnaire they mailed out to you. Check. Tell them you were an IVDU kind of guy. Check. … Continue reading →

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BVA–RISE FROM THE DEAD, LAZARUS !

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

As you know, I attempt to help the living in the pursuit of their claims. Here is a Veteran that has risen from the dead to add his voice to our cause. I have been attempting, over the last several … Continue reading →

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BVA–HEP A,B,C OR NONE OF THE ABOVE

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

These kinds of cases disturb me. I expect we are going to start seeing more like this example(and mine)that were filed under “hepatitis” without a letter after them. Its a backdoor method to 86 an old rating after it has … Continue reading →

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BVA–GO BIG OR GO HOME

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

This is a great case. Vet joins Army. Vet gets hep right before going to RVN. Goes to RVN and gets hosed when Buddy gets blown away right beside him. Vet gets bad case of PTSD. Vet discovers the joy … Continue reading →

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BVA— JUST THE HEP, MAM,JUST THE HEP

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

Feb. 88- Vet filed and lost a “hepatitis” claim based on hep. in service in March 77. Fast forward to July 08. The vet has a new claim before the BVA on appeal(obviously the local VARO still doesn’t believe him). … Continue reading →

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BVA– 3.156(c)(i)(ii)(iii)(2,3,4)–2007 back to 1970

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

Start claim in 1970. Walk away and forget to appeal. Open old claim in 87,96,98, and finally get SC in 2003. Ask for 87 effective date , but, hold on to your hat, get the 1970 effective date. This is … Continue reading →

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BVA–WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

Here is a classic example of why you have to wait forever to get your day in court. The VA ought to institute a Bureau of Believability to deal with this. If you were never in Vietnam, then it would … Continue reading →

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BVA-IF YOU DON’T BUILD IT, THEY WON’T COME

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

This is rather sad BVA Appeal in that the Vet could have won this hands down if he had shown up for his C&P/ QTC exam to ascertain the etiology of the psychiatric complaint. He had a valid claim, but … Continue reading →

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BVA– 1st Fallout from Groves v. Peake(2008)

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

August 18, 2008. This is just one of 43 cases traveling through the BVA system to utilize the precedence setting effects of Groves v. Peake in 2008. We will be seeing many more of these and a mass quantity of … Continue reading →

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BVA– 6 YEARS AND COUNTING

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

Imagine filing in 2002 for Hep. Okay, you get the VARO love letter and file the NOD. SOC, Form 9, SSOC and off to DC where you finally get the short end of the stick. About this time you put … Continue reading →

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