Category Archives: BvA HCV decisions

BVA–CIRRHOSIS DUE TO ACETAMINOPHEN

Posted on January 4, 2013 by asknod

Trust the VA, of all agencies, to come up with the proposition that eating Tylenol is perfectly okay if you have a liver disease. The recipe for success lies no further away than the closest VAMC next door to a University with … Continue reading →

BVA–HBV DUE TO COMBAT BLOOD EXPOSURE

Posted on January 4, 2013 by asknod

I love to read these. VA, in its haste to deny the Vet, sometimes forgets to read it’s own rules and regulations. They publish untold volumes of risk factor questionnaires but when it comes time to apply those assumptions, the VA examiner … Continue reading →

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BVA–WHY WE ALWAYS ADVOCATE APPEALING

Posted on January 4, 2013 by asknod

Here’s a classic that looked like it was heading for the willful misconduct waterfalls. Lo and behold, a true example of a “Benefit of the Doubt ” dance ensued and the Vet wins. I will note that this often happens when a … Continue reading →

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BVA–GENO 2B & KOREA SERVICE

Posted on January 2, 2013 by asknod

Here’s another classic example of a Vet with service in Korea coming home with HCV genotype 2B. This was very prevalent and one of the signatures of HCV there at that time (pre-1990). Here, it occurred between 1952-54. A February … Continue reading →

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BVA–OKAY. I GIVE UP. WHICH HEP WAS/IS IT?

Posted on January 2, 2013 by asknod

FROM THE FILES OF THE DREW CAREY MEMORIAL VARO This is one of those priceless “which hep is on first?” decisions that had to end in a remand to keep the room from spinning. Joebob Vet has a problem here … Continue reading →

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BVA–VA SIDES WITH VET’S NEXUS

Posted on January 1, 2013 by asknod

I have often tried to point out that it takes a number of years for hepatitis to manifest to a degree that the individual notices it. Men are notorious for going to the bitter end before keeling over and admitting something … Continue reading →

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BVA–THE DAV REP TOLD ME I’D WIN

Posted on December 21, 2012 by asknod

FROM THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE VARO Imagine going in, filing with the VSO, losing and going up on appeal. Imagine doing this without a shred of medical evidence. Imagine that the “skin disease ” you’re claiming is the same … Continue reading →

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BVA–YEAH.IT’S NEW BUT IS IT MATERIAL?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by asknod

Here’s something I can’t seem to enunciate enough to Vets. I have an email from Ralph who is condemned to the St. Pete’s RO and Funhouse of Mirrors. He’s in his fourth year of combat with the VA (second reopening) … Continue reading →

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BVA–LOUISVILLE SLUGGER

Posted on December 2, 2012 by asknod

Either I’m becoming jaded or the BVA is getting soft on the Kentucky Vets with HCV. This is about the fourth one where the Vet must have had a CMOH to get this kind of consideration. Vets by now are … Continue reading →

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BVA– WELL, ACTUALLY IT WAS THE PNEUMONIA

Posted on December 2, 2012 by asknod

I guess Johnny Alabama wasn’t expecting vA to actually go back and look at his hospitalization records. Surprise! Lookit here. It says that it wasn’t for HCV but actually pneumonia. Can anyone explain this disparity? Johnny finally came clean at the … Continue reading →