Tag Archives: Gulf War Claims Help

VA’s new Patient-Centered Community Care program (PCCC)

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Laura

Are the days of VA secret-appointment lists over with the new private-VA health-care partnerships? Will vets really get access to primary care providers close to home eliminating long wait times? A VA press release (8/13/14) announced contracts with Healthnet and Tri-West … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest authors, Medical News, VA Medical Mysteries Explained, vA news, VAMC Scheduling Coverup | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, va, VA claims, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 2 Comments

BVA– LATE 3RD QUARTER DECISIONS ARE OUT

Posted on October 11, 2014 by asknod

Third quarter BVA decisions are out and up on the BVA site here. There are now 773 Hepatits C decisions so far this year. I did have a query from one Vet as to how long it takes from the … Continue reading →

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VA’s Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) delivered by Humana and other HMOs

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Laura

Many (202 YR 2009) of the VA’s CBOCs are not staffed by VA employees but are employees of Healthcare Management Organization (HMO) type providers under contract with the VA. This may be more desirable in terms of efficiency and … Continue reading →

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News: VA-Walgreens Flu shot partnership

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Laura

Oct. 6 VA Press Release: Veterans, you may be able to get your flu shots from Walgreens pharmacists nationwide this year. I just called a local Walgreens to see if they were participating and they are! However, they might run out … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest authors, Medical News, Medicare for VETS, VA Health Care, VA Medical Mysteries Explained | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, VA Medical Care, Veterans claims help, Vets Flu shots at Walgreens, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 1 Comment

VA denies new meds to vet-victim of Minot HCV outbreak

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Laura

About that serious HCV outbreak that ND’s health department wishes would go away (in 2013): The latest count is now 47 and one person was not a Manor Care resident (news video). Unfortunately, the Fargo VHA (in VISN 23) is not stepping … Continue reading →

Posted in HCV Health, HCV Risks (documented), Medical News, VA Health Care, vA news | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, HCV, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, North Dakota HCV outbreak, Service Connection, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 7 Comments

GUN CONTROL–ONE VET AT A TIME

Posted on October 3, 2014 by asknod

I guess you all knew this was coming. I expect some day every one of us will be given a Bent Brain rating as we separate and handed similar paper. VA can then assign crooked “good ol’ boy” fiduciaries to … Continue reading →

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8,276 new VA tenant-based vouchers announced by HUD

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Laura

The HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program “provides permanent housing and case management for eligible homeless Veterans, single or with families.” However, if a lucky family is enrolled in the program, and the Veteran dies, the family will not be … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest authors, HOMELESS VETERANS, vA news | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War PTSD, Gulf War PTSD Claims, Gulf War Vets Help, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Helping homeless Vets, Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, VA Medical Care, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 1 Comment

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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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 →