Category Archives: CUE

POST-IT NOTES FOR HADIT.COM SHOW

Today we are going to make radio history. I’ve kept my identity anonymous for  six long years in an attempt to protect my claims from “shrinkage.” I won on November 21 officially as most know. There is no more need … Continue reading

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PIRKL V. SHINSEKI–CUE COMPOUNDED WITH INTEREST

CUE (Clear and Unmistakable Error) claims intrigue me and always have. They are an example of a rare win-usually much later after a failure to appeal. CUE is one of two ways to overturn a prior decision and rarely succeeds. … Continue reading

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RANDY-5, VA-0 FOR CUE

We do not advocate using CUE as a legal means to attain the proper rating but apparently that hasn’t stopped some of you from doing so. More than a year ago now, WGM used it to overturn the Whacko, Texas … Continue reading

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CAVC SERIES–GILBERT’S LASTING LEGACY

When we survey our Veterans fiefdom for judicial uniqueness, we notice that in spite of what is described as a Veteran-friendly environment, we often manage to end up on the wrong side of it. 85% of you, to be exact. … Continue reading

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BVA– LEROY MACKLEM’S OTHER BROTHER DARYL

FROM THE MONTGOMERY WARD CATALOGUE RO IN ALABAMA Here’s one that will take a while to be docketed at the Court. VA will play “Fish on! for a few years. The most common modus operandi is to stick your appeal … Continue reading

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BVA– CUE BY ST. PETE”S RO (4th TIME)

You get that warm, fuzzy, content feeling about your Regional Office when they keep committing CUE and the Board keeps remanding it via the 59th RO (AMC or Appeals Management Center). Its now 2012 and they’ve been playing pingpong with it since … Continue reading

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BVA–ASKNOD GOES TO DC AND LOSES!

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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COVA–FUGO V. BROWN–SHOW ME THE CUE

I should have written this one up several years ago and for that I apologize. Fugo is an interesting case where the Vet attempts to raise CUE but isn’t quite sure what he’s up to. In his bumbling efforts, he compounds his … Continue reading

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CUE AT THE CAVC-YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN STUPID

Presenting a CUE claim to the RO should not have to be as dramatic as Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses to the front door of the Church in Wittenberg. However, when pursuing a claim of this magnitude, a Vet … Continue reading

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CUE–AND MORE CUE

As I’m in the middle of a CUE decision that will be argued at the Court, I have been studying the concept of what is, what isn’t, whether it can be argued, whether I’m precluded by Caffrey, Fugo, and Russell … Continue reading

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