Category Archives: HCV Risks (documented)

JETGUNS–WE’RE ON A MISSION FROM GOD

Cupcake has graciously offered to drive me to San Francisco for the Gilead Sciences Conference. We’re taking Silvia’s jetguns (plural) to Foster City. I have been invited as fellow HCVet Randy Nesbitt’s guest. Finding air travel less than desirable in late … Continue reading

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CAVC-BELL V. McDONALD–SPECULATIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE NEXUS

Once again, Veterans Law Judge Ursula R. Powell and her staff attorney(s) have struck out on Hepatitis C. Why is it so difficult to arrive at a nexus/IMO in this subject? With the wealth of knowledge we have accumulated over … Continue reading

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BVA–KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL

As in baseball, adjudicating claims at the VA or the BVA requires constant attention and a myopic focus. Far too often, Veterans Advocates find themselves fighting a battle for (or against) an extraneous subject far from what was claimed. Here, Attorney Barbara … Continue reading

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VA DIAGNOSTIC CODE 7354–622 VETS @ 100%

Here’s a scary VA statistic. I’ve helped, to my immediate knowledge, around 300 Veterans over 8 years find the light at the end of the VA tunnel on just Hepatitis C. Imagine there are only 622 of us rated for … Continue reading

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BVA–ACUTE VERSUS CHRONIC HEPATITIS C

The lengths the VA will go to in order to deny a claim are impressive. Sometimes they resort to inundating you in extraneous facts that have absolutely no bearing on the decision. The further afield you go in an effort … Continue reading

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BVA–LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS

What could be better than a long cool Veterans Law Judge in a black robe than a red hot Vet’s law dog  on your team named Jeany Mark Esquire. Ms. Mark is one half of the tag team of Lieberman … Continue reading

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BVA–OPEN MOUTH, SHOOT FOOT

FROM THE DAVID KORESH MEMORIAL  VARO IN WHACKO, TEXAS VA examiners, over the decades I have witnessed the phenomenon, have reached conclusions no one else in the medical field could hope to. With perfect aplomb, they make pronouncements that are far … Continue reading

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Cardiac Stress Test HCV outbreak in WVA

Sorry, here’s another hepatitis outbreak…this time from a West Virginia private clinic that is signed up with the Veteran’s Choice Program. There is a large VA Medical Center in Beckley so they may not get many referrals. (Veterans Choice Provider … Continue reading

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16 victims in HCV outbreak in Utah hospitals so far

Another new drug diversion case:    The good news is that free testing has been conducted on more than half of those receiving letters.  So far, 37 HCV cases with other genotypes have been identified; 7 others are waiting genotyping. … Continue reading

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Pretty Santa Barbara’s HCV nightmare

HCVAdvocates and other sites have followed the dismal 2015  story of  Dr. Allen Thomashefsky’s medical practice and reopening.  Briefly, as of June 4, 2015, 7 patients were identified with HCV, 5 of whom had received injections on the same day … Continue reading

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