Category Archives: All about Veterans

VAMC Doctors and Nexus Letters

Posted on March 2, 2012 by asknod

It has always been a tenet of VA law that VA doctors are independent and allowed to write nexus letters. Many are gun shy about it and would prefer not to. They figure it may come back to haunt them … Continue reading →

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CAVC–POLITICALLY CORRECT COURT OPENINGS

Posted on March 1, 2012 by asknod

If this were the Supreme Court, you can be damn sure the positions would have been filled by now by XXs or XYs. Instead they have to hire back the old dudes to fill in just to make an en … Continue reading →

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“BRANDING” YOUR WEBSITE

Posted on March 1, 2012 by asknod

Member Dena (no last name) writes: How come you have such a dorky name? How do you expect anyone to find you? I found you by accident trying to use Ask a Question and saw the site on the Google … Continue reading →

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From the Footlocker 5–Animal House–1981

Posted on February 28, 2012 by asknod

Once upon a time along the banks of the mighty Duwamish River, in the shadow of the 1st Ave. South bridge, lived a young electrician in a house boat. Well, perhaps a boat house. It was a boat that had … Continue reading →

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Better Not Pout, Better Not Shout

Posted on February 28, 2012 by asknod

Remember the old ditty from Santa Claus is Coming to Town? Just imagine yourself in Keith Roberts’ shoes.  I posted a not so flattering summary of his first tête a tête with the VA (and the CAVC) last year based … Continue reading →

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Big Brother is Watching

Posted on February 27, 2012 by asknod

Did you ever look up in one of those impossibly big stadiums?  Big Brother is watching everything you do. Former Marine sniper Bob R. came home from Afghanistan and wondered how he would ever find a job where he could … Continue reading →

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Please Share This

Posted on February 26, 2012 by asknod

It’s 1914 and France and Germany have gone to war.  A young man is called up to serve.   98 years later…

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From the Footlocker–IV

Posted on February 26, 2012 by asknod

I was digging for something in the garage and forgot I still had some of these lying around. I used them for packing around stuff I mailed back in hold baggage. They’re a belt for a .308 M-60. DEWAT of … Continue reading →

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CAVC–BOVE V. SHINSEKI–EQUITABLE TOLLING

Posted on February 25, 2012 by asknod

Equitable tolling is another one of those blessings a grateful nation has bestowed on Vets. We get more slack that any other class of American litigant. This does not absolve us of the right to appeal our claims in a … Continue reading →

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OMERTÀ–PART TROIS

Posted on February 23, 2012 by asknod

In what can only be considered record time, the Army’s cranial sufficiency experts determined the fate of the souls shanghaied off in the night to Walter Reed. Of the 14 unfortunates, six were indeed found to be documented cases of … Continue reading →

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