Category Archives: BvA Decisions

VARO–VINDICTIVE? NAW. JUST DOING OUR JOB

Posted on December 3, 2012 by asknod

This one will curl your hair. Imagine being protected by a five year old rating. Well, protected inasmuch as you know it’s not getting better. Now, compound that to within a few short months of being protected forever at 20 … Continue reading →

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BVA–EARLIER EFFECTIVE DATE

Posted on December 3, 2012 by asknod

From the Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Memorial VARO in  Portland As many years as I have been doing this, there is always someone such as Mr. Lewis and Clark here who tries to imply that just because he filed in … Continue reading →

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FALL BVA DECISIONS ARE POSTED

Posted on November 30, 2012 by asknod

Red hot and the link works. All the late August, September, and some October BVA decisions are up on the boards today. Same sad story of Lions-5, Christians=0 in the BVA Colosseum  We didn’t expect any less. A few will win … Continue reading →

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BVA–REMAND FOR EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK

Posted on November 7, 2012 by asknod

FROM THE PAUL R. REVERE MEMORIAL  REGIONAL OFFICE How many things could go wrong with a claim? How many things could the Regional Office, tasked with the proper, professional development of your claim, possibly mishandle to the point that the remand … Continue reading →

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BVA–ORANGE FLAVORED ROUNDUP/GUAM VICTORY

Posted on October 14, 2012 by asknod

Legal Bob sends me this forward to him from the AO watchdogs. I look forward to the first case from Laos one of these days. I’m sure vA’s take on that will be that you would have to have been … Continue reading →

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BVA–ASKNOD GOES TO DC AND LOSES!

Posted on October 5, 2012 by asknod

Yep. Here I am. I thought I hit this one out of the park.  What was I thinking? Apparently they do not allow new evidence to be submitted during the appeal. If they do then they owe me some serious … Continue reading →

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BVA DECISIONS BYPASS INFO

Posted on October 1, 2012 by asknod

Trust Squidley to cut the Gordian knot. I think I might have solved the second half of getting in. It seems you need to do this in a particular order. First pull up the BVA site and then go to the … Continue reading →

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VA appeals on hold? Is Obama trying to “catch up” the claims backlog before the election?

Posted on August 20, 2012 by joeaveragevet

This one is apparently controversial, but at least one Vet indicates their Veteran Service Officer told them the VA has put all appeals on hold.     Some have speculated that the president wants to “catch up” on the backlog to … Continue reading →

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BVA–WHERE’S WALDO?

Posted on July 22, 2012 by asknod

Okay what’s wrong with this picture? We’ve all thrown bottles into the ocean via the IRIS system here at Nodville to no avail. The BvA steadfastly insists they’re “working on it”. We can see the BVA decisions are there and … Continue reading →

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76.4% of BVA decisions are wrong (and not in the Veterans favor, either!)

Posted on July 3, 2012 by joeaveragevet

Nope.  I did not make this up.  This is Bart Stichman’s testimony to Congress who said it.  For those of you who dont know Bart Stichman,  he is the Executive Director of the NVLSP, and the author of much of … Continue reading →

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