Tag Archives: DIY vA Claims

BVA– PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM

Here’s one of the cleanest jetgun wins I’ve seen. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think the guy read my book. The nexus letter specifically used the biopsy dating to overcome the Maxson v. Gober argument that it was … Continue reading

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2ND QUARTER BVA DECISIONS JUST RELEASED

Fresh off the grill- new decisions are posted on the BVA site. To view them, go here. http://www.index.va.gov/search/va/bva_search.jsp?QT=Hepatitis+C&SQ=vetapp13&RPP=10&LC=891&ET=&UA=Search There are 184 now listed. That represents 101 new decisions on top of the original 83.

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AID AND ATTENDANCE–GET STARTED EARLY

Member Frank sends us this important clip from the New York Times on Aid and Attendance pension benefits. VA, as is always the case, is busy in their 3-card Monte game and switching benefits around under the watchful eye of VASEC. … Continue reading

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VA BACKPAY CALCULATOR FOR ALL YOU OPTIMISTS

For the Vet who simply has to have everything- including every new boy toy for gloating about the future damage they will inflict financially- Joseph Average Veteran sends us this daisy. After you input all your data and hit “calculate pay rate”, it will … Continue reading

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HONEY-DO LIST FROM MARYLAND

Long-suffering members Paul and Leigh from Maryland have their own special brand of corn. We’re going to see how it works out this year. Please don’t make this a precedent. I only have 14 rows allocated for corn each year. … Continue reading

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African American veterans have the highest prevalence of HCV in VHA

In the 2006 article Hepatitis C Infection in African Americans Brian Perlman writes “Although African Americans represent only 12% of the US population, they represent ∼22% of the estimated Americans with chronic HCV infection;” and “The African American population in the United … Continue reading

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Cushman Manual for Shreddergate Victims

No, this is not a manual on how to rebuild your Cushman, that you managed to find in your garage.   That manual is here. This Cushman manual is for Veteran’s who have had evidence shredded and been denied, where the … Continue reading

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VICTORIA’S SECRET–WHEN C-FILES ARE COMPROMISED

I got an email from Victoria about her husband’s c-file. First of all, gentlemen, divorce your mind from her name. This is nothing scurrilous. She could just as well have been named Monica. Names are immaterial. Victoria and her husband have finally … Continue reading

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Meet Ruth and Astra, military working dogs, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 28-29, 2013

“Staff Sgt. Jonathan Cooper, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Group Military Working Dog handler, and Military Working Dog Astra take a break from their Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device patrol….Over the past four months, the MWD team has swept more than 15,000 … Continue reading

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Sobering future HCV mortality chart

This chart is from a series of lecture slides from the University of Louisville containing information adapted from “Davis et al, Liver Transplant, 2003; 9:331-338.” The HCV death projections are a lot worse when patients are untreated. Public health officials … Continue reading

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