Category Archives: Tips and Tricks

CAVC #18-938–ON BLUE BAYOU

Posted on September 15, 2018 by asknod

Some would be angry or disconsolate over a loss at the CAVC. I’m not. I screwed up and I thank Judge Bartley for her fastidious attention to ferreting out the kernels of truth and the error(s) of my Extraordinary Writ. … Continue reading →

Posted in Agent Orange, All about Veterans, BvA Decisions, DRO and BVA Hearings, Independent Living Program, Inspirational Veterans, KP Veterans, LZ Cork, SMC, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, Veterans Law, VR&E | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, HCVETS, News from vA, Service Connection, VA Benefits, VA claims, VA compensation claims, VA Extraordinary Writ of Mandamus, VA Independent Living Program, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 8 Comments

HADIT.COM RADIO SHOW THURSDAY 8/30/2018

Posted on August 29, 2018 by asknod

We’re going to have a radio show with John and Jerrell tomorrow @ 1630 Hrs on the Left Coast which is almost always 1900 Hrs back on the East Coast. I would have done it last week but I had … Continue reading →

Posted in 3.156(c), KP Veterans, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, VA Medical Mysteries Explained, vA news, VBMS Tricks, Veterans Law, VR&E | 2 Comments

CUE?–GET THE FUGO OUT OF HERE

Posted on August 19, 2018 by asknod

As a lot of you law dogs and agents know, VBMS can be berry berry goot to you. This will be the third fourth Vet I’ve encountered on this. I don’t get it. Well, I get it that VA has … Continue reading →

Posted in 3.156(c), C-Files and RBAs, KP Veterans, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, VA Medical Mysteries Explained, VBMS Tricks | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Filing VA Claims, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Service Connection, VA 3.156(c) claims, VA claims, VA Clear and Unmistakable Error, VA CUE Claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 9 Comments

VARO SHINANIGANS-DENIAL BEFORE THE C&P

Posted on August 7, 2018 by asknod

Before I inveigh on the Winston Salem chowderheads for their transgressions, I wanted to pass along some valuable information to you guys. When you’re a) down to your last four eggs, and b) you’re planning on serving them scrambled anyway; … Continue reading →

Posted in 3.156(c), Agent Orange, C&P exams, C-Files and RBAs, CUE, KP Veterans, NPRC 1973 Fire, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, VA Medical Mysteries Explained, vARO Decisions, VARO Misfeasance, VBMS Tricks, Veterans Law, Vietnam War history | Tagged Agent Orange, asknod.org, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans Benefits, Veterans Blogs, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 2 Comments

ROBERT WILKIE-QUO VADIS?

Posted on July 29, 2018 by asknod

Well now, campers. We have a new VASEC but is it a Hallelujah moment or one more akin to a continuing series of disappointments? History provides us an endless parade of incompetent, well-meaning Secretaries that demonstrated a pronounced proclivity to … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, CAVC Knowledge, Equitable tolling, Extraordinary Writs of Mandamus, Food for thought, Independent Living Program, Inspirational Veterans, KP Veterans, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, VA Secretaries | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, CAvC/COvA Decisions, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Inspirational Veterans, Service Connection, VA Extraordinary Writ of Mandamus, VA Independent Living Program, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 5 Comments

CHANGE MANAGEMENT AGENTS–THE UNSUNG HEROES

Posted on June 9, 2018 by asknod

Actually, I probably blew that and should have written Heroines as most of the VA CMAs I talk to are women. One thing is certain. Change embodies what they do and they are quick about it. Today, I wish to … Continue reading →

Posted in KP Veterans, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, VA Attorneys, vA news, VBMS Tricks, Veterans Law | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, News from vA, Service Connection, VA claims, VARO Information, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 5 Comments

LZ CORK–UNDERSTANDING §3.156(c)

Posted on June 2, 2018 by asknod

I just received a grant of some claims and a 96-page SOC that dang near has everything from 38 CFR Part 3 in it verbatim. The postman delivered it on a 40-foot flatbed with a forklift. Naw, just kidding. It … Continue reading →

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BVA–JETGUNS. ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON

Posted on May 10, 2018 by asknod

We’ve come a long way, baby. I began teaching this exact procedure to win in 2007: https://www.va.gov/vetapp17/files9/1760765.txt If your only risk was drinking beer and smoking pot, everyone would have it…

Posted in Blood info, BvA HCV decisions, HCV Epidemiology, HCV Risks (documented), hepatitis, Jetgun BvA Decisions, Jetgun Claims evidence, medical injections, Nexus Information, Tips and Tricks | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, HCV, HCV Decisions, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Jetguns, Service Connection, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help | 6 Comments

BVA–METAVIR SCALE PREVAILS

Posted on April 26, 2018 by asknod

https://www.va.gov/vetapp18/files1/1806343.txt More importantly, in a June 2017 opinion, Dr. PC considered illicit drug use and found that given the Veteran’s illness presentation, he likely contracted hepatitis at the time of service. Dr. PC explained that most patients with hepatitis C … Continue reading →

Posted in BvA Decisions, BvA HCV decisions, HCV Epidemiology, HCV Risks (documented), Jetgun BvA Decisions, Jetgun Claims evidence, KP Veterans, Medical News, Tips and Tricks, VA Attorneys, VA Medical Mysteries Explained, Veterans Law | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, HCV, HCV Decisions, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Jetguns, Service Connection, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 3 Comments

FORT FUMBLE, OAKLAND–THE TAR BABY TECHNIQUE

Posted on April 18, 2018 by asknod

Every once in a while you meet a guy who needs some help and you agree to be his huckleberry. He files and loses as we all do or we wouldn’t have sites like this. It’s a right of passage. … Continue reading →