Category Archives: Extraordinary Writs of Mandamus

BEGINNERS’ LAW

Posted on March 13, 2021 by asknod

I keep getting really basic questions about law now from Vets who are filing Extraordinary Writs up at the Court or “CAV-ICK” (CAVC) as Chairman of the Board of Appeals pronounced it yesterday at the Spring NOVA conference. I liked … Continue reading →

Posted in Appeals Modernization Act, Electronic Filing of Evidence, Extraordinary Writs of Mandamus, Fed. Cir. & Supreme Ct., Introduction-Read these first, Lawyering Up, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, VA Secretaries, Veterans Law | Tagged Agent Orange, asknod.org, Disabled Veteran, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Service Connection, VA claims, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 6 Comments

CAVC-ROMERO V WILKIE–THAT PRESUMPTION DOG WON’T HUNT

Posted on November 21, 2020 by asknod

My esteemed friend Gene Groves, one of the legendary Vets who have actually won an Extraordinary Writ (pro se to boot), a fellow Vietnam Veteran and author of his own website https://veteranclaims.net/, just sent me a notification to read Romero … Continue reading →

Posted in CAVC Knowledge, CAVC ruling, Equitable tolling, Extraordinary Writs of Mandamus, Lawyering Up, Presumption of Regularity, Presumption of Soundness, SOCs and SSOCs, VA Attorneys, VBMS Tricks, Veterans Law | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Service Connection, VA claims, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 6 Comments

ROBERT WILKIE-QUO VADIS?

Posted on July 29, 2018 by asknod

Well now, campers. We have a new VASEC but is it a Hallelujah moment or one more akin to a continuing series of disappointments? History provides us an endless parade of incompetent, well-meaning Secretaries that demonstrated a pronounced proclivity to … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, CAVC Knowledge, Equitable tolling, Extraordinary Writs of Mandamus, Food for thought, Independent Living Program, Inspirational Veterans, KP Veterans, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, VA Secretaries | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, CAvC/COvA Decisions, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Inspirational Veterans, Service Connection, VA Extraordinary Writ of Mandamus, VA Independent Living Program, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 5 Comments

CAVC–#18-1009- YOU’VE GOT TO BRING BACK THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’

Posted on March 6, 2018 by asknod

Wowser. Old Butch asked me since bein’s how the Seattle Puzzle Palace refused to do his claim when they promised to, if we could fun them right back and slap ’em upside the head with another Writ of Mandamus for … Continue reading →

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CAVC–#18-938–SHARPENING UP THE PUNJI STICKS

Posted on March 1, 2018 by asknod

I reckon you folks don’t know this but Cupcake was laboring under the delusion that I was never going to see my elusive 20’X28′ greenhouse and “other valuable considerations”. I took that bet and it appears she may have to … Continue reading →

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CAVC–GRAHAM v SHULKIN- BELTS AND SUSPENDERS GENTLEMEN

Posted on February 20, 2018 by asknod

They say the third time is the charm. Golly doggie, I’d hope to think so. Judge Bartley kinda got a little hot around the collar on my last foray to try to pour concrete around the Individualized Independent Living Program … Continue reading →

Posted in CAVC Knowledge, Extraordinary Writs of Mandamus, Independent Living Program, KP Veterans, VA Agents, Veterans Law, VR&E | Tagged asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, CAvC/COvA Decisions, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, HCVETS, Helping Veterans, VA Independent Living Program, VA Independent Living Program greenhouse, Veterans Benefits, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 6 Comments

LZ CORK–THE JANUARY SANTA CLAUSE

Posted on November 26, 2017 by asknod

An interesting thing happened to our old friend Butch. As some may recall, he filed an Extraordinary Writ of Mandamus at the Court of Veterans Appeals asking for a bye on the Hamster Wheel Appeals process. He filed back in … Continue reading →

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HADIT.COM RADIO SHOW THIS THURSDAY-THE CAVC

Posted on October 31, 2017 by asknod

Hot dog. Nothing I like better than talking about VA’s myriad problems. The only thing neater is talking about real justice, or as close as we’ll ever get to it at the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. They used … Continue reading →

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LZ CORK–GROUNDHOG DAY-CAVC # 17-3214

Posted on October 22, 2017 by asknod

I apologize to my readership for being AWOL. I do have a pass from Teacher. Teacher being the VA. After a summer spent trying to inveigle the VA into completing his claims, Butch took matters into his own hands and … Continue reading →

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CAVC–ROSINSKI V SHULKIN–IN A WHITE ROOM WITH BLACK CURTAINS

Posted on September 10, 2017 by asknod

Next to reversals, Extraordinary Writs of Mandamus always intrigue me. When filed by VA attorneys, they are generally a good read. When constructed as a class action suit to rein in the VA’s excesses, they are generally destined for immortality … Continue reading →