Category Archives: Tips and Tricks

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 →

Posted in CAVC Knowledge, Earlier Effective dates, Tips and Tricks, Veterans Law | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Gulf War Claims Help, Help with vA Claims, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in BvA HCV decisions, CAVC Knowledge, Tips and Tricks, Veterans Law | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, Asknod's Big Win, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Gulf War Claims Help, HCV, HCV Decisions, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 10 Comments

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 →

Posted in BvA HCV decisions, Tips and Tricks, Veterans Law, VSOs | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCV Decisions, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help., VSO | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in BvA HCV decisions, Nexus Information, Tips and Tricks, Veterans Law | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCV Decisions, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Service Connection, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in BvA HCV decisions, Nexus Information, Tips and Tricks | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCV Decisions, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 2 Comments

3RD QUARTER BVA DECISIONS JUST RELEASED

Posted on November 22, 2013 by asknod

Just noticed the BVA snuck in the third quarter decisions about two months late. Hey, it’s the congressional shutdown, right? Well, not exactly. Seems they’ve been bedeviled all year with this problem. I suppose the mere threat of a shutdown … Continue reading →

Posted in BvA HCV decisions, Tips and Tricks, Veterans Law | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCV Decisions, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | Leave a comment

DIY veterans service organizations

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Laura

We’ve been reading Nod’s posts about the veteran scam organizations and high salaries of those who feel entitled to pay themselves well for their efforts to help veterans. It’s hard not to be distrustful of most of them. Do you … Continue reading →

Posted in Food for thought, Guest authors, Tips and Tricks, VSOs | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War Vets Help, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, vA CLAIMS FOR PTSD, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help., VSO | 4 Comments

FED. CIRCUS–COMER v. PEAKE(MD)–VSOS ARE NOT LAW DOGS

Posted on October 8, 2013 by asknod

“We also reject the government’s contention that the board had no duty to construe Comer’s appeal sympathetically because he had assistance from an aide from a veterans’ service organization. Although we have held that the duty to construe a … Continue reading →

Posted in Fed. Cir. & Supreme Ct., TDIU, Tips and Tricks | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Comer v. Peake 552 F3d., Gulf War Claims Help, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 3 Comments

CAVC–BROWN v. SHINSEKI–BACK TO THE FUTURE

Posted on September 9, 2013 by asknod

Always on the prowl for useful ammunition, I came across this 2009 delight. It was won by Virginia Girard-Brady, an able Veterans Lawyer. Now, before you make fun of her propensity to hyphenate her last name, it could be she … Continue reading →

Posted in CAvC HCV Ruling, HCV Risks (documented), Tips and Tricks | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCV Decisions, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 5 Comments

CAVC–MAPA v. SHINSEKI–VALUABLE RESOURCES FOR HCV CLAIMS

Posted on September 7, 2013 by asknod

In my continuing search for information on Malcolm in the Middle’s quest for more definitive proof of injuries due to untreated HCV for 12 years, and his later Interferon prophylaxis that damaged him further, I came across Mr. David L. … Continue reading →