Category Archives: vARO Decisions

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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NUMBAH 41. NOW SERVING NUMBAH 41

Posted on August 24, 2013 by asknod

Another one of those delicious emails we love to get. Sweetness came to me in the mail. Award letter was not expected. The surgical report was what did it. C&P examiner was very sympathetic also. Now, before I get too … Continue reading →

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VARO–ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI

Posted on July 12, 2013 by asknod

Member Joe Average Vet is on the road like Charles Kuralt looking for a good VA news story. While staying at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, Mo. yesterday, he happened on this (above) in the lobby. VA is a … Continue reading →

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VARO– JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN

Posted on July 12, 2013 by asknod

Here we thought there were only 58 Regional Offices where claims were processed. As old Doc Emmett Brown in Back to the Future might have said post-VBMS, “Where we’re going, you don’t need any VAROs”. I recently filed with the … Continue reading →

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KC’S MOST EXCELLENT WIN (#38)

Posted on May 28, 2013 by asknod

As promised several weeks ago, here is KC’s win. He and I have been in touch for several years and soon discovered we’re nigh on to being related by marriage. His ancestral haunts are less than 20 miles from Casa … Continue reading →

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#38–KEL & RENEE NEW LOTTO WINNERS

Posted on May 14, 2013 by asknod

Members Kel and his lovely wife Renee just won the 100% P&T VA Lotto today. News and film at 11.

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RANDY-5, VA-0 FOR CUE

Posted on April 5, 2013 by asknod

We do not advocate using CUE as a legal means to attain the proper rating but apparently that hasn’t stopped some of you from doing so. More than a year ago now, WGM used it to overturn the Whacko, Texas … Continue reading →

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VA LOTTO WINNER #33

Posted on February 1, 2013 by asknod

It is with great pleasure we announce the entrance of Hepsick, my old friend Mark, through the gates of Eden. Mark started on this odyssey back in 2008 before I got sick and went into the hospital. Mark had it made … Continue reading →

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vARO– ERRORS? WE DON’T CARE. APPEAL IT.

Posted on November 9, 2012 by asknod

Finally, a truthful answer to a vexing question. We know vA is error prone. All we are arguing these days is just how much so. The va is in deep denial and maintains that just maybe it’s 14% of the … Continue reading →

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SQUIDLEY STILL ALIVE AND KICKING

Posted on November 3, 2012 by asknod

As you may remember, we left Squidly in the last chapter attempting to fight his VARO to  let him in the front door. This has been a long battle. The squidster’s up to it though. Armed to the teeth with … Continue reading →

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