Category Archives: Tips and Tricks

LZ CORK—-BUTCH’S INFERRED CLAIM

Posted on December 26, 2015 by asknod

What in the Sam Hill is an inferred claim? Who dreamed up that Fustercluck concept? I get more queries on that since the VA term became fashionable. Included in these Veterans’ follow-on sentences are usually phrases like “I think they done … Continue reading →

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LZ CORK–SUCCESS AFTER 46 YEARS

Posted on December 23, 2015 by asknod

Rarely do we get to enjoy Christmas cheer of this magnitude and so close to a day of such immense implications associated with the joy of giving and receiving. I am overjoyed to announce that after carefully building a well-constructed … Continue reading →

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ASKNOD NEW BOOK

Posted on December 5, 2015 by asknod

I’ve received a few calls asking what I’m up to because many of you are not seeing the usual number of posts here. Relax. I’m writing my new book and completing what was unwritten after my last BVA hearing in … Continue reading →

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JETGUNS DON’T KILL PEOPLE-BUT JUST IN CASE…

Posted on November 28, 2015 by asknod

By now we’ve read about a gazillion articles about how guns don’t kill people. The problem is that sometimes people use guns to kill people. They also show a marked proclivity to use bathtubs, 2X4s, knives, cars and a plethora … Continue reading →

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BVA–CHEESEHEAD FINALLY HITS PAYDIRT ON JETGUN

Posted on November 14, 2015 by asknod

FROM THE BEER CAPITAL OF WISCONSIN VA denies. Let’s face it. You could have 7 out 8 salient factors pointing towards a cryptogenic liver ailment (read HCV) including elevated ALTs and fatigue and the VA rater is going to say you … Continue reading →

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BVA–SQUIDLEYONE JOINS THE P&T CLUB

Posted on November 2, 2015 by asknod

I’m sorry for being the slow boat on the website. Thank you Kiedove for helping to fill out the page in the interim. I apologize but I’m busy writing the new book. Great news came in from South Dakota last … Continue reading →

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BVA–JETGUN WIN IN ST. LOUIS

Posted on October 23, 2015 by asknod

Here’s one of those classic examples of Johnny Vet subtly driving his own claimboat with the DAV as his titular head honcho. I’m sure they think they drove a hard bargain but it mostly reflects the fact that Regional Offices … Continue reading →

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VARO–REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION

Posted on October 23, 2015 by asknod

For many moons I have read and reread other Veterans’ reports of requests for “reconsideration”. Much has been written on this subject over at our sister site Hadit.com and there is a large school of thought that it is a … Continue reading →

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DIAGNOSTIC CODES IN RATINGS GRANTS

Posted on October 16, 2015 by asknod

I frequently see claimants on Hadit.com’s forum mention they cannot decipher their grants and that the decision doesn’t specifically identify the rating by Diagnostic Code or DC. Duh. VA really would prefer to keep you in the dark on that … Continue reading →

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BVA–WHY VETS WILL NEVER ‘GET’ THERE

Posted on October 13, 2015 by asknod

As in years past when I first began this blog as a teaching tool, I still love to use BVA decisions to illustrate what can go wrong. They comprise approximately 70% of all published so there’s no dearth of them to pick … Continue reading →