Category Archives: Jetgun Claims evidence

BVA–2nd QUARTER DECISIONS ARE OUT

Hey folks. Here’s some good news on HCV decisions. The fifth one down I read was a frank admission that jetguns were the primary cause of the Vet’s HCV. Well, at least it started out that way until a DRO blew coffee … Continue reading

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VA Public Health’s weak online response to the HCV veteran study

Does anyone sense any urgency in about the VA’s response to the information given in study I posted about previously?  They post one graphic showing an overall 20 year infection rate of 10.3 which is shocking enough.  They offer one … Continue reading

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Related Medical Ailments due to Hep-C

Harming more than just the liver, seven other areas of the body are frequently affected by Hepatitis C infection.   Hepatitis C is a common, infectious virus that targets the liver; yet this illness can affect many other parts of … Continue reading

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Veterans’ high rates of HCV much worse than previously thought

Results from a large VA study provides evidence of severe HCV outbreaks in U. S. boomer veterans who visited the VA at least once in 2011.  They looked at lab results going back about 12 years. This table show the prevalence of … Continue reading

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BVA–EENY-MEENY-MINY-MO. WAS IT CLAP OR WAS IT SNOW?

FROM THE REDSKIN REGIONAL OFFICE  IN INDIANVILLE, INDIANA   In one of those convoluted rulings, the BVA Judge here is faced with some unalterable facts.  Johnny Vet has four or five risk factors. VD, which is proof of licentious sexual … Continue reading

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What 21.8 million death certificates do–and don’t–tell us about viral hepatitis

ASKNOD members are already well aware that HCV now kills more people than HIV.  This study of data from U.S. recorded deaths held some surprises for me.   Standardized death certificates have two parts and utilize the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) … Continue reading

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VA examiners should ask patients about their multi-dose vial HCV risk exposure to meet today’s best practices and standards of care

Soon private physicians must make basic improvements in their practices. If they deliver haphazard care, they can face penalties.  If they follow evidence-based practices, they can be rewarded. Therefore, professional medical associations are creating learning modules, called Practice in Improvement, or … Continue reading

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BVA–THIRD QUARTER DECISIONS ARE UP

The third quarter release of BVA decisions are out as of this morning. Someone must be working overtime. We had hoped to see them by August 30th but we all know that the BVA is backed up and constipated just … Continue reading

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JETGUNS BUSTED IN 1985

I find it interesting that VA has used the argument repeatedly that jetguns have never been implicated as a cross contaminator of diseases. The biometric has always been that HBV was shown to be transmitted at a weight loss clinic … Continue reading

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CAVC–MAPA v. SHINSEKI–VALUABLE RESOURCES FOR HCV CLAIMS

In my continuing search for information on Malcolm in the Middle’s quest for more definitive proof of injuries due to untreated HCV for 12 years, and his later Interferon prophylaxis that damaged him further, I came across Mr. David L. … Continue reading

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