Category Archives: 100% ratings

FORT FUMBLE–HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS

Posted on December 16, 2022 by asknod

One thing I know is that VA higher ups can be cantankerous and throw an a&a decision in underneath the bottom of the inbasket out of spite. Especially if they see my moniker on it. They did it to me … Continue reading →

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BVA-A&A–IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS

Posted on December 12, 2022 by asknod

Nothing makes my heart skip a beat like seeing a BVA decision pop up in VBMS. Well, let me rephrase that. Nothing except for that infernal habit of my heart suddenly deciding it wants to go apeshit at about 288 … Continue reading →

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EXPOSED VET RADIO SHOW THURDSAY 20 OCTOBER 1900 HRS E

Posted on October 18, 2022 by asknod

How many of you have applied for an increase after about 10 years and they run you through the new c&p gamut of what would appear to be a normal physical with a side order of closer examination of an … Continue reading →

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SMC T–FINDING SOMEONE TO FIGHT FOR YOU

Posted on June 20, 2022 by asknod

Searching through VA data, it might appall you to discover just how many of you are not totally disabled who should be. I remember seeing some of the early breakdowns of ratings percentages by actual numbers rather than broad statistics … Continue reading →

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2021-GIVING THANKS FOR MAKING IT HOME ALIVE

Posted on November 27, 2021 by asknod

Greetings from the Graham ménagerie-now only eight of us. Our pony, Big Shot (nee Buckshot) passed this fall from Diabetes Mellitus or what passes for pony diabetes. He’s buried out back next to Dude (another pony). Cupcake and I have … Continue reading →

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SMC–YOU CAN’T GET THERE FROM HERE

Posted on October 27, 2021 by asknod

I’ve got a wicked case of RA in the R hand from too many legal briefs at an interim desk. I’ve already lost R ring and pinkie to it and now, temporarily the whole hand. It looks like an over … Continue reading →

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SMC–THE PLASTIC FANTASTIC LOVER

Posted on September 12, 2021 by asknod

I see from the asknod statistics that the most viewed items seem to be articles about Special Monthly Compensation- or SMC in VA parlance. I think, to VA, it is an inconvenient truth; an entitlement that has to be granted … Continue reading →

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FORT FUMBLE, NEBRASKA–HELTER SKELTER

Posted on September 4, 2021 by asknod

Only in the corndog capital of the United States could you have a VA adjudicatory mishap of such epic proportions presented with a straight face. Nah. Just kidding. In this day and age, with the VA’s National Work Queue (NWQ), … Continue reading →

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BVA–MAMA’S LITTLE BABY LOVES SHORTNIN’ BREAD

Posted on March 6, 2020 by asknod

My daddy the Fighter Pilot used to sing me to sleep with that ditty in Albany Georgia back in the early fifties. We lived near Turner AFB at 1705 12th Ave. HEmlock 6-2613 just up the hill from Slappey Blvd. … Continue reading →

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BORN TO BE WILD–THE NEWEST 100%ER CLUB MEMBER

Posted on October 31, 2019 by asknod

There’s just nothing like a good All Hallow’s Eve story. This one was brought to me by my East Coast supervisor of VA Justice. I reckon that was back in Summer 2018. Bruce McCartney is renowned throughout the Southeast States’ … Continue reading →