Category Archives: BvA Decisions

BVA–TRAVEL BOARD HEARINGS

Posted on April 25, 2015 by asknod

I see much written both here and over at HADIT.com about BVA hearings. For the majority of you, in the interests of getting rated as soon as possible, waiting for a Travel Board hearing face-to-face with a Veterans Law Judge … Continue reading →

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CAVC–BIRTH OF A WRIT- ACT III SCENE 8-DOWN FOR DOUBLE

Posted on March 8, 2015 by asknod

A short while ago in VA time, when I won my claim in June 2008, I noticed they (VA) forgot to go back to 1994. That wasn’t a deal breaker. I knew they weren’t going to pony up without a good … Continue reading →

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BVA–THE SILVER QUEEN OF BALTIMORE

Posted on February 28, 2015 by asknod

Surely over these last five years or so, you have heard me opine on members Leigh and Paul. They feel like family now to Cupcake and me. So it is with great pleasure that I finally induct them into the HCVets … Continue reading →

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BVA’s ESKINAZI– THE PROBLEM BEGAN IN 1988

Posted on January 23, 2015 by asknod

When we think of delay in our VA benefits sector, we ascribe it to too few raters being asked to decide too many claims with too little information in real time. Unfortunately, in VAland, “real time” is three months ago. … Continue reading →

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BVA DECISIONS ARE OUT (AGAIN)

Posted on November 9, 2014 by asknod

The latest batch of BVA HCV decisions, and, by extension, all decisions this year, was released late Friday night. I’ll peruse them to see what the latest jetgun synopsae are. Seems the BVA and the Court of Appeals has finally … Continue reading →

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CAVC–REAVES v. McDONALD–THE PANDORA PARADOX

Posted on October 23, 2014 by asknod

This is a great Single Judge decision to illustrate the ultimate stupidity of finally granting something now that they’ve been denying since 1982-fully 32 years ago. Add in “losing” the c-file and having to reconstruct it (funny what makes it back … Continue reading →

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BVA– LATE 3RD QUARTER DECISIONS ARE OUT

Posted on October 11, 2014 by asknod

Third quarter BVA decisions are out and up on the BVA site here. There are now 773 Hepatits C decisions so far this year. I did have a query from one Vet as to how long it takes from the … Continue reading →

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VASEC–WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CALL BOB?

Posted on October 3, 2014 by asknod

Hold on to your hats, ladies and gentlemen. First I wish to express an abject apology to Robert. A. McDonald, our newest and potentially most intriguing of all VA Secretaries to date. I was cynical after over twenty years of … Continue reading →

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BVA–RISING STAR ESKENAZI CRASHES AND BURNS

Posted on September 11, 2014 by asknod

Once upon a time, in a village on Vermin Avenue Northwest, there lived an Agency who couldn’t give a hoot about the Veterans they were entrusted with. Senator Alan Cranston, during the leadup to the Veterans Judicial Reform Act (VJRA) of … Continue reading →

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Harvard Law Report (2013) on HCV cites Fast Letter 04-13

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Laura

There is a huge disconnect between policy makers and the VA/VHA–and it’s been working really well to keep the public ignorant of the many service-connected factors that relate to the veteran HCV epidemic. If any institution can assign people to … Continue reading →