Category Archives: HCV Risks (documented)

RA drug warning for active or latent HCV carriers

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Laura

A new Pfizer drug marketed as Xeljanz (tofacitinib) is “a prescription medicine called a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor. XELJANZ is used to treat adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis in which methotrexate did not work well. It is … Continue reading →

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Praise for a few old hepatitis researchers

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Laura

From the 1940s to 1960s, two types of hepatitis were known to researchers …infectious and serum.  A third type was unknown.  From the 1930’s and earlier, an assortment of names confused everyone.  Old names for HBV included serum hepatitis, homologous … Continue reading →

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NIH: Post-blood transfusions = about 5 million HCV cases in 70’s and 80’s in U.S.

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Laura

I have been waiting for a numerical estimation on HCV risk factor #1, blood transfusions, and found it in the above YouTube video.  If you read a lot of HCV reports on PUBMED, you know that Dr. Harvey J. Alter is … Continue reading →

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1997 JETGUN STEERING GROUP LETTER

Posted on December 21, 2015 by asknod

Thanks to Nurse Silvia Price, we now have the document that categorically sealed the future fate of the jetguns. Oddly, it still took a while longer to pry the jetguns from the cold dead hands of the US Military who … Continue reading →

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BVA–WE DON’T NEED NO STINKIN’ BLOOD LABS

Posted on December 21, 2015 by asknod

With the amazing blood tests for liver diseases in this day and age, buttressed by liver biopsy showing age of the infection, there is simply no reason on earth for a BVA decision like the one I describe here. The only … Continue reading →

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CBS news report (12/1/15): most veterans denied HCV meds

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Laura

We have all read news stories about the difficulty veterans with active chronic HCV infection are having getting treated with Sovaldi at the VA. Some articles express a more reality-based report on the service-connected HCV outbreak among Vietnam veterans.   … Continue reading →

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BVA–METAVIR SCORE– STAGE 1≠ 1972

Posted on December 7, 2015 by asknod

 FROM THE FT. SUMTER MEMORIAL REGIONAL TOWER OF BABEL Here’s an interesting decision that illustrates the aging of Hepatitis C. Just like a good single malt from Scotland is carefully aged, Hepatitis C bakes your liver at a slow rolling boil … Continue reading →

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BVA HCV CLAIMS FROM 1992-2015

Posted on November 30, 2015 by asknod

Interesting statistics on HCV claims. Since record keeping began at the BVA in 1992, we can see the rise and fall of HCV claims which indicate a win, loss,  death, cure or giving up. It can mean no DIC. It … Continue reading →

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BVA–SC FOR HCV DUE TO 3.156(C) & JETGUNS

Posted on November 13, 2015 by asknod

Here’s a daisy. Veterans Attorney Everett L. McKeown did a magnificent job of getting Johnny Vet his SC for Hepatitis. They found old STRs from his first period of enlistment and used them as the fulcrum to get his 2004 claim reopened. … Continue reading →

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BVA– JETGUN WIN FROM ST. LOUIS

Posted on November 11, 2015 by asknod

Here’s a wrinkle. DAV reps Johnny Vet for HCV and cirrhosis. Way back in 2003, he told his VA gastrodoc about his concerns of jetguns being the risk factor. Bingo. An antique pseudonexus saves the day in 2011 when the … Continue reading →

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