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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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SHREVEPORT VAMC RUNNING ON EMPTY

Posted on October 2, 2014 by asknod

Member Vicki sends us this vignette on the Louisiana VAMC in Shreveport. Seems if you’re going there, you better be sure to wear more than flowers in your hair. A spare set of PJs or two and an an extra toothbrush/paste better … Continue reading →

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VA AWARDS CONTRACT TO “INDEPENDENT” CONTRACTOR

Posted on October 2, 2014 by asknod

VA yesterday awarded a contract to MITRE Corp. for an assessment of the hospital care, medical services and other health care processes in VA medical facilities throughout the fruited plain. For those of you in California-relax. That includes you and you … 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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HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM…

Posted on September 30, 2014 by asknod

FROM THE SAM HOUSTON MEMORIAL VARO In a change of pace, the Houston Veterans Service Center Manager (VSM) called the VAOIG and begged them to come on down to sunny Texas to arrange a necktie party for one of their own. Seems a … Continue reading →

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VA–WHAT EXACTLY IS A SSOC?

Posted on September 29, 2014 by asknod

I keep seeing this popping up on my search parameters of what kind of queries lead people or Vets to my site. Obviously, there seems, even in this day and age, a large number among our community who are unfamiliar with this … Continue reading →

Posted in CAVC Knowledge, DRO and BVA Hearings, Equitable tolling, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

FORT FACEPLACE-SEPTEMBER’S FINEST

Posted on September 28, 2014 by asknod

We look long and hard for these so keep sending them in, ladies and gentlemen Vets.    

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MILITARY SITES ON THE EPA SUPERFUND LIST

Posted on September 28, 2014 by asknod

Here’s some good stuff for those of you filing for Stateside/ Guam chemical exposure. A regular grab bag of goodies for dang near every base in the states that had any aircraft using AVGAS or JP-4. The Fort McClellan stuff … Continue reading →

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THREE BVA REMANDS–WHAT TO DO?

Posted on September 27, 2014 by asknod

Member Shaniqua writes me again after a three-year silence to tell of her ping pong match with the Veterans Administration and the apparent inability to get her claims to stay put at the BVA. This began when the Forrest Gump Memorial Regional … Continue reading →

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VA RULES DEAD VETS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO CHANGE APPOINTMENTS

Posted on September 26, 2014 by asknod

In a surprising ruling, the Office of General Counsel ( OGC-027) issued a binding ruling called an OGC Precedent henceforth forbidding deceased Veterans from changing their future VA medical appointments. This appears to be in response to increasingly larger numbers … Continue reading →

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