Category Archives: All about Veterans

EASTER TRICK OR TREAT AT THE VA

Posted on April 21, 2019 by asknod

No, I’m not a conspiracy freak. I do not’ subscribe to Chemtrails Today or Deep State Magazine. I instead prefer light humor and get the news feed from the VAOIG Monthly “Highlights”. How about that discovery that all those VA … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, AMC or ARC, Appeals Modernization Act, C-Files and RBAs, Humor, Independent Medical Opinions, KP Veterans, Presumption of Soundness, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, VA Attorneys, VBMS Tricks | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

VA EXAMINERS–CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE FLAT EARTH SOCIETY

Posted on April 18, 2019 by asknod

I’m sorry I’ve been remiss. I have been a slave to the typewriter attempting to cure the misguided proclivities of VA raters across our rapidly fruiting plains this spring. It seems there is something in the water or left-handed tobacco … Continue reading →

Posted in 1154(b) combat presumptions, 3.156(c), Agent Orange, All about Veterans, C&P exams, CUE, Earlier Effective dates, Humor, KP Veterans, Reductions in rating, SOCs and SSOCs, VA Agents, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

asknod MENAGERIE + ONE

Posted on March 15, 2019 by asknod

LZ Grambo will have a FNG after we get back from Nashville NOVA. Cookie (I prefer Pickles) will be weaned o/a my birthday on 4/01. We will be bringing her home then. She’s a silver Lab Retriever and loves my … Continue reading →

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BVA–MORE DECISIONS…AND BE QUICK ABOUT IT, MIND YOU.

Posted on March 5, 2019 by asknod

Ah, St. Nicholas est mort. We poor naive Veterans have been cheated, been mistreated, and just when we think Congress has finally heard our plea, we discover we didn’t get what we paid for… again.   Not only that, we-that Veterans … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, BvA Decisions, BvA HCV decisions, BVA records tampering, BVA Referrals, Complaints Department, DRO and BVA Hearings, KP Veterans, VA Agents, VA Attorneys, VA statistics, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

INDEPENDENT MEDICAL OPINIONS–WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY AND WHEN

Posted on March 3, 2019 by asknod

Once I discovered the recipe to VA claims, I set out to teach others. I started this website in 2008 expressly for that purpose. I have taught, and discoursed endlessly on the need for a true, well-constructed Independent Medical Opinion … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, KP Veterans, Lawyering Up, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, VA BACKLOG, VA RAMP, VBMS Tricks, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

VR&E ILP–RESTRICTED ACCESS CLAIMS CENTERS (RACCs)

Posted on February 17, 2019 by asknod

Have you ever disobeyed a direct order and literally come out smelling like roses? Have you ever plunked a pair of MK 82 500 pounders right into the mouth of a limestone karst cave off Route 7 and gotten secondary … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, DRO and BVA Hearings, Humor, Independent Living Program, KP Veterans, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, VA RAMP, VBMS Tricks, VR&E, Waiver of Review in the First Instance | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

THE DARWINIAN THEORY OF GUNS

Posted on February 15, 2019 by asknod

I love getting mail from all my in-country Vietnam friends. We are becoming a much smaller club much faster than I anticipated. Well, sort of. The club actually expanded exponentially last week with the inclusion of the Yankee and Dixie … Continue reading →

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CAFC-HUDICK V. WILKIE–THEY ARE ONE PERSON

Posted on February 8, 2019 by asknod

 I took my first AO-in-Thailand case last month. Welcome aboard the U.S.S. Asknod, Ray. I guess we all gravitate back mentally to the place we served when we were over there. Even though I was in many places, both west … Continue reading →

Posted in Agent Orange, All about Veterans, BvA Decisions, CAFC Rulings, CAVC Knowledge, CAVC ruling, Fed. Cir. & Supreme Ct., KP Veterans, Lawyering Up, Lay testimony, M-21 info, Thailand AO presumptive path, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

CAFC–PROCOPIO V. WILKIE–THUNDER ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT’S RAINING

Posted on January 31, 2019 by asknod

Well, now. Wash my mouth out with vodka. Ain’t that a breath of fresh air from the Fed Circus? Who wouldda thunk it? Well, not a hell of a lot of us logical, thinking-like-scientists types but that isn’t the problem. … Continue reading →

Posted in Agent Orange, All about Veterans, AO, Blue Water Navy, CAFC Rulings, KP Veterans, VA Attorneys, VA Medical Mysteries Explained, VA Secretaries, Veterans Law, Vietnam Disease Issues, Vietnam War history | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

LZ CORK–SWEET HOME ALABAMA

Posted on January 19, 2019 by asknod

Who would have thunk it? I began LZ Cork 10/05/14- The Americal Saga from Dong Ha- as a quest for Butch Long’s long lost Purple Heart. But not just lost. Never awarded would be the proper way of saying it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Agent Orange, All about Veterans, Food for the soul, From the footlocker, Inspirational Veterans, KP Veterans, LZ Cork, SMC, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, vARO Decisions, VBMS Tricks, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments