Tag Archives: DIY vA Claims

FOOTLOCKER– SERVICE MEDICAL RECORDS

Member Gary writes of the Change Order–Saving Private Ryan: Gary says: March 26, 2014 at 14:39 (Edit) How did you get that WWII document when most of them were supposedly destroyed in the 1973 fire? I am still trying to locate my … Continue reading

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VA WIN TO SSI WIN NOT A GIMME

Okay. We have a lot of guys who come here with a shiny new VA 100% or TDIU compensation rating. They all say “What’s next, Nod?” My rejoinder is to admonish them that the SSI/SSD is a different animal and … Continue reading

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SERVICE DOGS IN VA PTSD CASES

You folks with bent brain syndrome who desire a good service/comfort dog may want to investigate this avenue. Hell, you don’t need to have scrambled eggs upstairs to need one. They are great to talk about the meaning of life … Continue reading

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IRRITATED SERVICE OFFICER COMPLAINS

I found this comment on my How Low is Low? post and felt we should all analyze each and every point Mr. Kenneth Aune brings up. So, forewith, I transplant his complaint and query here and my rejoinder. Mr. Aune … Continue reading

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MAKING AO PRESUMPTIVE FOR THAILAND

  Trust another Zoomie to come up with a better way to skin a cat. Meet Member Karen- formerly of the Zoomer profession herself- and married to a Thailand  groundpounder with all kinds of Orange Fertilizer problems. Karen has cut … Continue reading

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KPVETERANS.NET

What could be better than falling into cow poop and coming out happy and sweet-smelling as a clam at high tide? I decided to affiliate with the local Veterans outfit here in my neighborhood. Imagine a peninsula fashioned identically like … Continue reading

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WILL VA ATTAIN 125 DAY/98% ACCURACY BY 2015?

Open voting. No cookies. No sign in. No track back. Please be honest. It will let you vote more than once because I don’t want it to be a “in order to vote you will have to register or sign … Continue reading

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CAVC–PEOPLES V. SHINSEKI–“DEXEDRINE? SORRY, WE DON’T SEE IT”

Once again we venture into reversal land at the CAVC. This is my pet subject. It allows us to minutely examine BVA jurisprudence and see where they saddled up the horse called Illogical and rode out onto the fruited plain … Continue reading

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CAVC–MAUGHAN V. SHINSEKI–ANY OLD DOC THAT YOU THINK WILL DO

The following case illustrates what a lot of you who file for HCV are encountering. It also exhibits a large amount of chutzpah on the VA’s and the BVA’s part about what they think constitutes justice. Many of us wait … Continue reading

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BVA– NEW 2014 DECISIONS ARE OUT

As usual, the BVA has released their new, early 2014 decisions without creating a new “2014” category folder for them. They appear in the 2013 box and will be sorted out and segregated later. Additionally, they released some of their … Continue reading

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