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THANKSGIVING FACEPLACE

Posted on November 19, 2014 by asknod

It’s that most beautiful time of the year. I’m on Day 150 of 168. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and summer is behind us. The greenhouse is popping with the winter lettuce and Pak Choy. No typo there. All … Continue reading →

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THE HISTORY OF KILROY

Posted on November 15, 2014 by asknod

He is engraved in stone in the National War Memorial in Washington, DC,back in a small alcove where very few people have seen it. For the WWII generation, this will bring back memories.For you younger folks, it’s a bit of trivia that is a part … Continue reading →

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VASEC–CALL BOB

Posted on September 30, 2014 by asknod

While preparing to withdraw my CUE Appeal motion in a valiant attempt to substitute a new one instead of waiting a million years for the BVA, I thought about what our illustrious new VA Secretary Robert A. McDonald said recently. … Continue reading →

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CAVC– HOWELL V. NICHOLSON– WHAT SMC-S REALLY SAYS

Posted on August 25, 2014 by asknod

I find SMC or Special Monthly Compensation S, as accorded to us true War Vets, to be highly misunderstood by-gasp-Veterans Service Officers who should, by rights, be well-versed in this. I just ran into one on another HCV helpsite and … Continue reading →

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DECISION REVIEW OFFICERS–AS SEEN BY…

Posted on August 19, 2014 by asknod

Much has been said of VA’s hierarchy of raters known as Decision Review Officers, abbreviated as DROs. Their job is so thankless, their retention rate so low and the perks these days being bonusless, that many move on to greener … Continue reading →

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VA: important lab tests for kidney function information

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Laura

The VA tests veterans with, or without HCV, for creatinine levels:  The level of creatinine in your body is a marker of kidney function. Creatinine comes from the breakdown of creatine, a muscle protein. Properly functioning kidneys remove creatinine from the … Continue reading →

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VA TRAVEL PAY–IF IT AIN’T BROKE, FIX IT.

Posted on July 13, 2014 by asknod

VA has been hounded by untold stories of theft, diversion, cronyism, pharmacy thefts of drugs the old Bureau of Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) folks used to call “hard-core narcotics” and on and on. You really don’t need to look … Continue reading →

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MORE FACEPLACE

Posted on June 27, 2014 by asknod

A veritable avalanche of Face implants arrived after the last post. I share with you herewith:     I had a desert tortoise I brought up from California when I moved here in April 1974. His name was Phillip Morris … Continue reading →

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VAOIG–CONFUSION HAS ITS COST

Posted on May 4, 2014 by asknod

For decades now, the VA’s Office of Inspector Gadget has stumbled around unsure of their powers or whether they have a mandate, let alone the legal authority, to do half of what they do. Remember, these guys are the Katzenjammer … Continue reading →

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DVA–WE HAVE TO PASS IT TO SEE WHAT’S IN IT

Posted on January 3, 2014 by asknod

In an old government trick so antique they don’t even have a name for it in DC anymore, the VA tried to trot out this innocuous document in Rodney King format (Can’t we all just get along?) but in the … Continue reading →

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