Category Archives: Tips and Tricks

VAROs–SQUANDERING SCARCE JUDICIAL RESOURCES

Posted on October 31, 2014 by asknod

Often in the course of my claims and appeals, I have run across the term above in conjunction with the term ” in the interests of judicial economy”. They are catchphrases either at the BVA kiddycourt or the august CAVC where … Continue reading →

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VA FORM 9–EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW

Posted on October 28, 2014 by asknod

What is it about completing a Form 9 substantive appeal for your claim(s) within that sixty day window that seems so insurmountable? What seems so daunting from a pro se claimant’s perspective that provokes dread, confusion and indecision on what … Continue reading →

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VASEC–WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CALL BOB?

Posted on October 3, 2014 by asknod

Hold on to your hats, ladies and gentlemen. First I wish to express an abject apology to Robert. A. McDonald, our newest and potentially most intriguing of all VA Secretaries to date. I was cynical after over twenty years of … Continue reading →

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BVA–IN SEARCH OF NEGATIVE EVIDENCE

Posted on June 28, 2014 by asknod

This is a great decision with enormous parameters. It illustrates many things that are judicially useful. To begin with, it is a jetgun-based claim and, as such, is of immense interest to the Veteran population who served between 1962 and … Continue reading →

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BVA–LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU DO

Posted on June 23, 2014 by asknod

I always look for explicit examples of VA tricks and try to advertize them as a “Buyer Beware”. VA has a propensity to stretch the truth like no other agency of government. They have a tendency to cite to medical … Continue reading →

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CAVC–WEAVER V SHINSEKI– PROTECTING THE PRESUMPTION OF SOUNDNESS

Posted on June 18, 2014 by asknod

Whoooo, doggies. Glen R. Bergman of Bergman & Moore spanked Willy Gunn’s Lumpa Lumpas in this contest. It was a frank reversal-as in bitchslap- administered by none other than our Lady of Indiana Ave. NW-St. Mary of Schoelen. It was … Continue reading →

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CAVC-WELLS V SHINSEKI–THE VA GIVETH AND THE VA TAKETH AWAY

Posted on June 17, 2014 by asknod

Ah, reversals. What could be more fun? I’m just guessing Alexandra Lio, Esquire is walking on air over this one. It’s a fine feather in Chisolm, Chisolm and Kilpatrick LLP’s hat, too. It illustrates perfectly the urge of VA to … Continue reading →

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CAVC–HOFFMAN V SHINSEKI–REBUTTING THE PRESUMPTION OF REGULARITY

Posted on June 17, 2014 by asknod

As most of you know, Veterans law fascinates me. This is a late epiphany that I acquired while trying to decipher my losses over the years. Once I prevailed, it became an obsession in my desire to help other Vets. … Continue reading →

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CAVC– STRONG V. SHINSEKI–WE HAVE ALL BEEN HERE BEFORE

Posted on May 29, 2014 by asknod

My sincere apologies to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young for bogarting the Déjà Vu. It seems no matter how many times we go through this process, the BVA seems inclined to come up with the same tired excuses for their denials. … Continue reading →

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MAKING AO PRESUMPTIVE FOR THAILAND

Posted on March 11, 2014 by asknod

Trust another Zoomie to come up with a better way to skin a cat. Meet Member Karen- formerly of the Zoomer profession herself- and married to a Thailand groundpounder with all kinds of Orange Fertilizer problems. Karen has cut … Continue reading →