Category Archives: BVA Purplebook

CAVC– Barry v. Denis the Menace

Posted on February 7, 2022 by asknod

Long have we waited for some guidance on this subject. The quandary was, and still is, simple…and ageless. Reading §3.350(f)(3) or, arguendo, (f)(4), is it open to conjecture as to whether a half-step and/or a whole step increase in SMC … Continue reading →

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“Be it enacted” January 3, 2021 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Laura

Believe in science! Continue reading →

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“New” Agent Orange Presumptives Amendment–next stop, House leadership, then President Trump

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Laura

Around three years ago, VA Sec. Doctor David Shulkin, on the basis of scientific evidence, was on the verge of rule-making in favor of adding bladder cancer, Parkinson’s-like symptoms and hypothyroidism as service-connected presumptive AO diseases. Shulkin was fired. Since … Continue reading →

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BVA– POST GAME WRAP FOR 2019

Posted on February 9, 2020 by asknod

I enjoy reading these VA reports. It beats the pants off the VAOIG VAMC hospital inspections. Since they could never pass the high bar for emergency rooms, VA simply declared the ERs persona non grata. Now, if you show up … Continue reading →

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THE BVA’S “PURPLEBOOK”–THE LAST WORD ON STARE DECISIS

Posted on July 3, 2019 by asknod

Every once in a while, either someone sends me a great article or a link to one. Once, I got the Army manual on the care and feeding of jetguns. Nurse Silvia went one better and sent me a whole … Continue reading →