Category Archives: Medical News

BVA–TRYING TO POKE A HOLE IN LOD/WILLFUL MISCONDUCT

Posted on February 13, 2016 by asknod

VA loves to try to rescind, revoke or otherwise contradict a finding of LOD such that it can invoke the willful misconduct etiology on drug use. Here’s a classic example of Uncle Victor’s munchkins huffing and puffing and trying like … Continue reading →

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VETERANS BENEFITS ADMIN CALLS IN ORDNANCE ON POSITION

Posted on February 9, 2016 by asknod

In the last decade, I have been fascinated by just how long it takes to have your number called in VA Poker. In the pre-VBMS days of 1989, it took from July to October to get the shiny onion skin denial. … Continue reading →

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VBA ANNOUNCES NEW REGIONAL OFFICE IN HO CHI MINH CITY

Posted on January 4, 2016 by asknod

VA Spokesperson Shawn McDandy summoned an impromptu Press Conference this morning in the Blue Paper Room at 810 Varmint Ave NW to announce an expansion planned way back in the early eighties. Citing to Veterans Administration research on the subject, a large … Continue reading →

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COVA–MYLER V. DERWINSKI–RETAINED SHELL FRAGMENTS

Posted on January 1, 2016 by asknod

During the course of the last two years, most of you know we have been helping Butch Long in his quest for his medals and a truly compensable rating commensurate with his disability picture. It hasn’t been easy. Between the … 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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Experiments: HCV can live in water bottles for up to three weeks

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Laura

This study title caught my eye: Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Among People Who Inject Drugs: Viral Stability and Association With Drug Preparation Equipment (LINK). • JID 2013:207 (15 January) • Doerrbecker et al PDF:  Full Text. hcv in water “We found … 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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