Category Archives: Nexus Information

YES FRANCI, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS

Posted on December 20, 2023 by asknod

I guess I find it hard to express in mere words how lucky I am to be allowed to help Veterans. The only thing that could possibly be even more rewarding is to be allowed to help their surviving spouses … Continue reading →

Posted in DIC, Independent Medical Opinions, Nexus Information, SC For Cause of Death, VA Agents, Veterans Law | 8 Comments

Let’s talk about “Claims Sharks”, and a little bit about “sea lawyers”, “barracks lawyers”, and accredited agents/attorneys/VSOs.

Posted on December 10, 2023 by robinhoodesqvetsatty

So, as one of the first few guest columns that Asknod is letting me write here, I wanted to go with something easy. You see, it is a truism that whenever something valuable is a pain in the ass to … Continue reading →

Posted in Claims sharks, Nexus Information, Tips and Tricks, VA Attorneys, Veterans Law | 7 Comments

THE SANTA CLAUSE- THE MERITS OF DO-IT-YOURSELF LAW

Posted on January 1, 2023 by asknod

I wanted to talk about this one on the Christmas Eve Exposed Vet radio broadcast a week or more ago but was stymied for lack of time. The story, however desperately bears telling for its heapin’ helpin’ of giving at … Continue reading →

Posted in Camp Lejeune poisoning, DIC, Exposed Veteran Radio Show, Food for the soul, IMOs/IMEs, Independent Medical Opinions, Nexus Information, SC For Cause of Death, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

EXPOSED VET RADIO SHOW THURSDAY 22 DECEMBER

Posted on December 20, 2022 by asknod

As many blogs as I have written about VA law and the shortest distance between filing and winning, VA nevertheless constantly reinvents the wheel to make it more complicated or just plain onerous. Considering we inhabit what many have called … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, Appeals Modernization Act, Humor, Inferred claims, Nexus Information, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

SMC N– NEVER HEARD OF IT. GIVE HIM AN S

Posted on September 5, 2022 by asknod

You won’t see me write very much about SMC N because it’s the “hump” rating. To get there you need to have- at a bare minimum, loss of use of the lower extremities with one extremity useless above the knee … Continue reading →

Posted in Independent Medical Opinions, KP Veterans, Nexus Information, SMC, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY–WORD SALAD FOR BRAIN FOG

Posted on July 14, 2022 by asknod

Unless I miss my guess, I reckon summer, or what’s going to pass for summer hereabouts, has arrived. We’ve had two successive days where it actually got near 80°. I’m playing it safe and keeping the pool at 88° until … Continue reading →

Posted in Agent Orange, AO, BvA HCV decisions, hepatitis, Higher Level of Review (HLR), IMOs/IMEs, Nexus Information, TDIU, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

FROM THE DAVID KORESH MEMORIAL REGIONAL OFFICE

Posted on April 29, 2022 by asknod

Good afternoon unhappy Veteran campers. asknod here (it, they). I, of all fellers, can honestly say “I feel your pain” without having to manufacture crocodile tears like a certain 42nd President once did. I did my 28 years in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agent Orange, All about Veterans, BvA Decisions, Nexus Information, R1/R2, SMC, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

BVA–AAAAAAAAll Aboard

Posted on March 24, 2022 by asknod

A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum barn to feed the horses last October. A former SEAL called me up and asked for representation. Seems he was qualifying for BUDS back in 1974 after his RVN tour … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, BVA Hearings, IMOs/IMEs, Independent Medical Opinions, Lay testimony, Nexus Information, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

EXPOSED VET RADIO SHOW NEXT THURSDAY-3/10/2022

Posted on March 6, 2022 by asknod

Well, well, well. Seems there was some sort of kerfuffle over at Hadit after I published a post about a VA-authored list of doctors who purportedly write sketchy IMOs. Some took offense. The usual suspects showed up to denigrate and … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, IMOs/IMEs, Nexus Information, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, VA Attorneys, vA news, Veterans Law, Vietnam War history | 6 Comments

HADIT.COM RADIO SHOW- THURSDAY 2/3/22

Posted on February 1, 2022 by asknod

Can you imagine ol’ Punxsutawney Phil crawin’ out of wherever he crawled into (last Fall) tomorrow and seeing this Global Warming ‘event’ across Pennsylvania’s fruited plains? I doubt he’d make it past his front door. It’s probably about 4 feet … Continue reading →

Posted in C&P exams, IMOs/IMEs, Nexus Information, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments