Category Archives: All about Veterans

VA’s newest “homeless solution”: Smart Phone application?

Posted on June 12, 2012 by joeaveragevet

A few days ago, I pointed out that instead of paying out about 400 million in bonuses, the VA could instead award about 74,400 homeless Vets each a 40% disability rating.  Instead of paying homeless Vets, they propose to give them … Continue reading →

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PENSION FLIM-FLAMMING

Posted on June 11, 2012 by asknod

Giving credit where credit is due, member Shawn sends us this morsel. It’s a sore point with me and others where our Veterans assets are disbursed. This really hit home for me in 2010 when my wife’s father passed away. … Continue reading →

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THE 20,000 FT. TEST

Posted on June 8, 2012 by asknod

I always got a bang out of B-52 milk truck drivers. They’d belly up to  the stag bar and regale each other with their “mission”. As in “There we were at Angels 20 and we cut lose. The gooks never … Continue reading →

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BANISHED FROM THE PROMISED LAND

Posted on June 5, 2012 by asknod

On the one day we honor and remember our fallen from all wars including the Indochinese peninsula, I hear from numerous Vets of some troubling news. As most know, I strive to keep this site politically neutral because I respect … Continue reading →

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125 DAYS WHEN?

Posted on June 4, 2012 by asknod

I am interested in your thoughts on all this. Here is a poll that will illuminate us all in how confident you are in vA’s promises to reach a 125-day schedule. America wants to know, too. Vote Chicago style-again and … Continue reading →

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GOOD NEWS

Posted on May 31, 2012 by asknod

Member Chase got his new liver yesterday evening. We won’t go into all the reasons why this was unnecessary. The operation took 8 hours and CDNEH tells me he’s doing well and the new machine has already turned over and … Continue reading →

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VA ID CARDS

Posted on May 30, 2012 by asknod

Interesting. I get a hit every three or four days on the search engine where someone asks (I don’t know who) what “service connected” means on their VA identification card. As an example, I will include mine here. If you … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day 2012

Posted on May 28, 2012 by asknod

I was greeted at the nursery this morning by the owner and thanked for my service. She’s a shirt tail relative by marriage so I have to be careful what I say. I was polite and pointed out that Vets … Continue reading →

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TIME OUT

Posted on May 27, 2012 by asknod

Please take a moment to say a prayer for member Chase and his wife tonight. Chase is in the Tennessee VAMC and desperately needs a liver transplant. It seems vA induced him into doing IFN txment but his liver couldn’t take it. … Continue reading →

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HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ASKNOD MEMBERSHIP

Posted on May 25, 2012 by asknod

This was sent in by members Leigh and Paul. Leigh, for those of you who might not know, is fighting for her life and a vA rating with a new liver. We, at ask nod are doing everything in our … Continue reading →

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