Category Archives: Reductions in rating

VA’S NEW AI–§3.102(a) YOU NOW GET THE DOUBT OF THE BENEFIT

Posted on April 23, 2026 by asknod

No, you’re not reading a new regulation. You’re reading about VA’s new way of interpreting the old one. Pop a cold one and requisition a bowel of some Dot’s™ pretzels. This isn’t going to take a sixpak to explain. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 100% ratings, Agent Orange, Aid and Attendance, Blue Water Navy, BvA Decisions, C&P exams, How to Qualify for VA SMC, Reductions in rating, SMC, Special Monthly Compensation, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, VA Attorneys, VA Conspiracies, vA news, VA special monthly compensation, VA statistics, Veterans Law, Vietnam Disease Issues | Tagged Agent Orange, asknod.org, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War Vets Help, Help with SMC Claims, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, How to get VA SMC, How to win SMC T, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, SMC Barry Bumps, VA claims, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 3 Comments

2025– WHAT VETS HOPE TO SEE THIS YEAR

Posted on January 11, 2025 by asknod

I love the New Year hooplah and all it promises. A new, clean slate upon which to write. The promise of finally losing weight must be a big one because every year about now, Weightbegone©, and a bunch of other … Continue reading →

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VBACOL319–CLEANUP ON AISLE R1

Posted on October 14, 2023 by asknod

First of all, I’d like to explain that all Regional Offices are assigned a three-digit identifier number to confuse somebody somewhere. The Russians in case they attack? Why not just call it what it is? Columbia, South Carolina is, for … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid and Attendance, AMC or ARC, Implicit denial, R1/R2, Reductions in rating, SMC, Special Monthly Compensation, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents | Tagged askNOD.com, asknod.org, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Service Connection, VA claims, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 2 Comments

HLRs–THE DOUBLE HEADER ( SMC)

Posted on April 8, 2023 by asknod

I wonder how many of you-both litigators and pro se Veterans- have ever had a double header HLR informal conference. You heard me right. I had a HLR on Thursday morning last with DRO Loralie. Forget she was 15 minutes … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Presumption, Higher Level of Review (HLR), Reductions in rating, TBI, VBMS Tricks | Tagged Disabled Veteran, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Service Connection, VA claims, VA Claims for SPECIAL MONTHLY COMPENSATION, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 6 Comments

EXPOSED VET RADIO SHOW THURDSAY 20 OCTOBER 1900 HRS E

Posted on October 18, 2022 by asknod

How many of you have applied for an increase after about 10 years and they run you through the new c&p gamut of what would appear to be a normal physical with a side order of closer examination of an … Continue reading →

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LORD, TELL ME IT’S NOT THAT MEDRANO

Posted on December 8, 2021 by asknod

Cupcake and I were having coffee yesterday morning and I was scrolling down through my Google® newsfeed when I inadvertently administered (again) a coffee enema to my nose. The article described a former Marine, now a Veterans Service Officer (soon … Continue reading →

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HADIT.COM RADIO SHOW WITH JERRELL AND JOHN

Posted on April 7, 2020 by asknod

Right. Once again I get the honor of the Golden Microphone from Jerrell and John. Mark your calendars and note the new telephone number. I’d like to discuss the new improved standard of rudeness from VA ratings adjudication personnel. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Appeals Modernization Act, Complaints Department, Humor, KP Veterans, Reductions in rating, Tips and Tricks, VBMS Tricks, Veterans Law | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Hadit.com radio shows with Asknod, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Service Connection, VA claims, VBMS Tricks, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 1 Comment

VA EXAMINERS–CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE FLAT EARTH SOCIETY

Posted on April 18, 2019 by asknod

I’m sorry I’ve been remiss. I have been a slave to the typewriter attempting to cure the misguided proclivities of VA raters across our rapidly fruiting plains this spring. It seems there is something in the water or left-handed tobacco … Continue reading →

Posted in 1154(b) combat presumptions, 3.156(c), Agent Orange, All about Veterans, C&P exams, CUE, Earlier Effective dates, Humor, KP Veterans, Reductions in rating, SOCs and SSOCs, VA Agents, Veterans Law | Tagged asknod.org, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Service Connection, VA claims, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 10 Comments

VA SMC (t)– YOU’VE LOST THAT GIVING FEELING

Posted on February 5, 2016 by asknod

The other day I read a front page story written by Tacoma News Tribune military writer Adam Ashton. The article is superb in what it conveys but lacks the linkage the two Veterans’ wives were so desperately looking for. Both … Continue reading →

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CAVC-KINDER V. McDONALD–ACTUAL IMPROVEMENT OF FUNCTIONING IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Posted on June 7, 2015 by asknod

Hoo, boy. You read that and you get the heebie jeebies thinking this is a foray into VR&E ILP Law. Sad to say, we need a good opinion on that subject and none on the horizon except mine in the BVA … Continue reading →