Tag Archives: Gulf War Vets Help

BVA HCV CLAIMS FROM 1992-2015

Posted on November 30, 2015 by asknod

Interesting statistics on HCV claims. Since record keeping began at the BVA in 1992, we can see the rise and fall of HCV claims which indicate a win, loss, death, cure or giving up. It can mean no DIC. It … Continue reading →

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JETGUNS DON’T KILL PEOPLE-BUT JUST IN CASE…

Posted on November 28, 2015 by asknod

By now we’ve read about a gazillion articles about how guns don’t kill people. The problem is that sometimes people use guns to kill people. They also show a marked proclivity to use bathtubs, 2X4s, knives, cars and a plethora … Continue reading →

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CAVC–MITCHELL v McDONALD–THE NEVER-ENDING BERAUD REDUX

Posted on November 23, 2015 by asknod

Ever since the Bond v. Shinseki dustup that had to travel to the Fed. Circus for clarification, we see the VA’s continued intransigence toward the concept of new evidence submitted in that golden window either with the NOD or within the … Continue reading →

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A COMBAT VETERAN’S THANKSGIVING

Posted on November 20, 2015 by asknod

Arliss, the wise old Eleven Bravo Vietnam Vet had six stars on his VSM and was getting on in his years. By now, he was a year-around resident with his high school sweetheart wife in Phoenix. Prodded by his wife, he picked up the … Continue reading →

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BVA–ISOLATED AND INFREQUENT USE OF DRUGS CODICIL

Posted on November 16, 2015 by asknod

I have seen this one used before several years ago but it has always met with mixed success at the BVA. 38 CFR § 3.301(c)(3) is rarely employed but here it worked. One might note the Vet was represented by an … Continue reading →

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BVA– ANOTHER JETGUN WIN IN ST. PETE’S W/ COMBAT EXPOSURE

Posted on November 16, 2015 by asknod

Here’s a great BVA read from a good attorney in Florida. Ralph Bratch nailed this one with good cites and an excellent nexus for the Vet. As is standard operating procedure, VA tried to hang the drug allegation around his … Continue reading →

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BVA–CHEESEHEAD FINALLY HITS PAYDIRT ON JETGUN

Posted on November 14, 2015 by asknod

FROM THE BEER CAPITAL OF WISCONSIN VA denies. Let’s face it. You could have 7 out 8 salient factors pointing towards a cryptogenic liver ailment (read HCV) including elevated ALTs and fatigue and the VA rater is going to say you … Continue reading →

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BVA–SC FOR HCV DUE TO 3.156(C) & JETGUNS

Posted on November 13, 2015 by asknod

Here’s a daisy. Veterans Attorney Everett L. McKeown did a magnificent job of getting Johnny Vet his SC for Hepatitis. They found old STRs from his first period of enlistment and used them as the fulcrum to get his 2004 claim reopened. … Continue reading →

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BVA–SEX, NOT POLYSUBSTANCE ABUSE = HCV

Posted on November 11, 2015 by asknod

From the Joe Friday/Badge 714 Memorial VARO Every once and a while we see a really good example of VA bending over backwards using a reverse nexus that flies in the face of anything they have ever held before on HCV. … Continue reading →

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CAVC-GAGNE v. McDONALD–JSRRC DUTY TO ASSIST (NOT)

Posted on November 8, 2015 by asknod

The Court hands down precedential decisions on occasion that baffle and are invariably overturned at the Fed. Circus where saner minds prevail. On occasion, when sane minds are assigned to the panel to decide momentous matters in the first instance, … Continue reading →