Tag Archives: Gulf War Vets Help

Vitamins: hype versus evidence?

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Laura

It’s extremely hard for consumers to make informed choices about dietary supplements and vitamins because of a dearth of exacting studies, the lack of regulations, and conflicting information from nutrition and medical science. A while back I stopped buying multivitamins … Continue reading →

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THE NEW VA.GOV–ONE-STOP SHOPPING FOR EVERYTHING

Posted on May 11, 2015 by asknod

Long awaited and long overdue. One website for everything coming May 20th. Unless I miss my guess, the people you’ll be talking to will sound like they’re from India. “Ah, Mr. Gordon. It is good that you have contacted to us. … Continue reading →

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Veterans’ Choice Card: 16 Days left to leave a public comment on final rule

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Laura

It’s was interesting to learn that the VA symbolically viewed veterans living outside their 40-mile inner circle as common crows (not even as ravens).  Crows in folklore are bad omens, harbingers of evil, and doers of mischief.  In nature, crows are … Continue reading →

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5/7/1975–THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN

Posted on May 6, 2015 by asknod

One day of the year, one seminal moment of introspection. My plaint that day was ” WTF? We were winning when I left”. What could have happened? Greed, bribery, buying a officer’s commission for your son, the list is endless. The … Continue reading →

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THE FASTEST GUN IN THE WEST–THE JETGUN

Posted on May 3, 2015 by asknod

As many know, our famous nurse Sylvia Price has scored the ultimate eBay item. Yeppers. HCVets has it’s own jetgun now and all those skanky manuals that went with it. The revelations that are going to come out now will … Continue reading →

Posted in From the footlocker, HCV Health, HCV Risks (documented), Jetgun Claims evidence, Medical News, research, Tips and Tricks, VA Medical Mysteries Explained | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

BVA–TRAVEL BOARD HEARINGS

Posted on April 25, 2015 by asknod

I see much written both here and over at HADIT.com about BVA hearings. For the majority of you, in the interests of getting rated as soon as possible, waiting for a Travel Board hearing face-to-face with a Veterans Law Judge … Continue reading →

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BVA ANNOUNCES FDA (FULLY DEVELOPED APPEALS)

Posted on April 22, 2015 by asknod

Not to be outdone by the AOJs, BVA spokeswoman Sharon “Hell No” Hellman, recently promoted and transferred in from Phoenix to 810 Yellow Brick Rd. NW 20420, today held an important press event. Sure enough, at the corner of Delay … Continue reading →

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FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS RENO

Posted on April 16, 2015 by asknod

Road trips are a hoot. We made it across Willamette Pass (5200 ft.) a hop, skip and a jump ahead of a major snowstorm unbeknownst to us. It dropped from 60 to 34 over several hours and dumped two feet. The … Continue reading →

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ROAD TRIP– RENO–NOVA IN SF

Posted on April 10, 2015 by asknod

Cupcake called for a Road Trip. Naturally, being her assigned bodyguard, I will be required to go with her. We’re heading out Monday and heading south on the back roads. RON @ Klamath Falls on Monday night and then to the … Continue reading →

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VARO 346– 40% MORE- HE’S HIGHLY OVERRATED

Posted on April 10, 2015 by asknod

In a never ending cascade of ratings, VA has now bequeathed upon me an additional 40% for cryoglobulinemia and fibromyalgia. As inane as this may sound, I don’t want or need the ratings. It’s not a prerequisite for any more money … Continue reading →

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