Category Archives: Tips and Tricks

AMC–JUSTICE DELAYED IS NOT JUSTICE DENIED

Posted on January 29, 2014 by asknod

I have thought long and hard about how I would write about this event. What the hey? I had twenty years to contemplate it. I was alerted, as many of you have observed on your own claims, to the imminent … Continue reading →

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BVA–RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

Posted on January 22, 2014 by asknod

Back in the old days, we were given “the briefing”. Holy Rules of Engagement, Batman! Each locale differed radically. What was basically a free-fire zone in Kon Tum was an entirely different proposition one Country over and it changed a … Continue reading →

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CAVC–WALTHERS V. SHINSEKI–INFORMAL WITHDRAWALS

Posted on January 18, 2014 by asknod

I don’t know how many times I get emails from guys asking what will happen if they file for the DM2 they’ve had since the first Interferon merrygoround. The universal worry seems to be an ominous feeling of instant retribution … Continue reading →

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HOW TO CONTACT YOUR VA RATER

Posted on January 13, 2014 by asknod

In what is increasingly becoming a struggle to get the VA’s attention when they really should be working your claim (or profess to be actively doing so), my attorney has finally given me the “secret handshake”. I am now one … Continue reading →

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POST-IT NOTES FOR HADIT.COM SHOW

Posted on January 8, 2014 by asknod

Today we are going to make radio history. I’ve kept my identity anonymous for six long years in an attempt to protect my claims from “shrinkage.” I won on November 21 officially as most know. There is no more need … Continue reading →

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SVR RADIO ON HADIT.COM TOMORROW

Posted on January 7, 2014 by asknod

Jerrel Cook and the gang over at Hadit.com have invited me over to their Radio show tomorrow. It’s 0900(L) on the Left Coast and three hours later on the east Coast or 1200 (L) for those of you trapped in … Continue reading →

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BVA WIN–I’M #48

Posted on November 25, 2013 by asknod

Wow. Talk about VA backlogs. Here it is. Hot off the presses. A red hot win… or is it? Time will tell soon enough when they begin the staged ratings. BVA decision on earlier effective date sanitized As we all … Continue reading →

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BVA–RAZORS AND PERSONAL THINGS

Posted on November 22, 2013 by asknod

Here’s a good one from the Vacation capital of the south-Saint Pete’s. There must be more Vets per square mile there than you can count in the bars on a rainy day. He’s got AmLeg repping him but you sure … Continue reading →

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BVA–USING THE SAME SYRINGE = HCV

Posted on November 22, 2013 by asknod

FROM THE HONORABLE ELVIS PRESLEY VARO IN NASHVILLE, TN Here’s an excellent one to file under nexus. Don’t say they never did it. They did. Some medics back then rationalized that we were all healthy- or sure looked healthy- so … Continue reading →

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BVA–TWO DIFFERENT DISEASES

Posted on November 22, 2013 by asknod

Here’s the absolute latest way to deny a claim. Remember that our good old paternalistic VA is nonadversarial and loves us very, very much. Vet gets hep. Vet files for it. Vet dies from it while waiting to get claim … Continue reading →