Category Archives: VA statistics

CHANGING VA–LIKE TRYING TO HERD CATS

Posted on June 21, 2016 by asknod

Maple Syrup Frank, in addition to annually sending me about enough of Vermont’s highest octane of elixir to fill a drop tank, also mails me an inordinate number of articles of, or having to do with, the VA. This is fortunate because … Continue reading →

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HADIT.COM RADIO TODAY @ 2000 HRS EDT

Posted on February 29, 2016 by asknod

Sorry for the late info but we’ve been running a race against time to combat the denial of my CAVC EAJA Fees on #15-0112. I have ten days to file for a Panel review. This evening we are going … Continue reading →

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BVA 2014 REPORT–THE LAURA ESKINAZI SHOW

Posted on September 18, 2015 by asknod

Several Veterans’ advocates whose names slip my mind, have theorized that head Chairman Laura ‘Rocket Docket’ Eskinazi, who also just happens to be the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Veterans Appeals as well, must be pulling down both salaries. There doesn’t seem … Continue reading →

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VA–GRAND PLAN TO “TRIM” BUDGET– 86 THE TDIUs

Posted on July 20, 2015 by asknod

Only at 810 VArmit Ave. NW 20420 could anyone with an IQ over 75 come up with this plan. 318,000 Vets on TDIU (Total Disability due to Individual Unemployment) … nationwide… in the whole VBA system. Did I mention it was … Continue reading →

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About those urine samples

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Laura

It’s hard for my old Marine not to get offended when every year his VA doc tests him for illicit drug use. (His private docs NEVER test him for them.) The screening panel is extensive: Amphetamines; Barbiturates; Benzodiazepines; Cannabinoids; … Continue reading →

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Free veterans’ law clinics at top universities

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Laura

Alternatives to VSOs are cropping up. There’s Yale Veterans Legal Services Clinic in Connecticut. Now New Yorkers are stepping up. “When a veteran is assisted by an attorney when applying for benefits or upgrading their military discharge the impact can be … Continue reading →

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DVA-WHAT ELSE COULD GO WRONG?

Posted on June 3, 2015 by asknod

That question must ricochet around 810 Vermin Ave. NW day in and day out. If it isn’t someone with a conscience and an ax to grind filing a Whistleblower claim, it’s some unnerving revelation that the boys in Denver have … Continue reading →

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VA Office of Research and Development (ORD)

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Laura

The VA conducts research, some of which is later published in scholarly journals; some which remains unpublished. The ORD also has information on research in the publishing pipeline that the public doesn’t have access to because it’s on a private … Continue reading →

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ILP–IT’S ANOTHER TEQUILA SUNRISE

Posted on November 26, 2014 by asknod

Another Thanksgiving living in a one-room non-ADA 4X8 greenhouse while some fine fellow or gal in charge of VA’s VR&E is getting bonuses for denying us. Brother Mac on the East Coast is starting to feel the chill showing up … Continue reading →

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VA’S LIES, DAMNED LIES AND STATISTICS

Posted on August 30, 2014 by asknod

Mark Twain never had to deal with the VA. Had he been forced to, I’m sure there would have been a rich, unembroidered story to go with it. This tasty little lie from Maple syrup Frank in the last bastion … Continue reading →