Tag Archives: Gulf War Vets Help

Access to taxpayer-funded VA research and public domain research

I’m frequently frustrated by my lack of access to VA medical research because I’m not a student who has access to academic databases nor can I afford to subscribe to medical journals or databases. Public databases like PubMed provide abstracts … Continue reading

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SMC–KEVIN ASKS THE BIG QUESTION.

Special Monthly Compensation fascinates me. There’s a valid reason. They can no more follow a standard path to granting it unless prodded to add it up themselves. In most cases, they make no attempt to award it if it’s a … Continue reading

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Amazing Proton Beam Therapy coming to Mayo

Two new Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) centers will be added to those already operating around the country.  CLICK IMAGE We received a Mayo publication newsletter reporting that Proton Beam Therapy (with pencil beam scanning) will be available in Rochester in the summer … Continue reading

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Veteran Choice Card recent headlines and updates

A new controversy is brewing about the allocation of these choice funds since use as been light.  On the other hand, my Marine just got his card.  I think we should keep an open mind to see what Sec. McDonald … Continue reading

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The post-1992 transfusion quandary with regard to blood safety

The CDC estimates five million patients receive blood each year resulting in a total of 14.6 million transfusions per year.  People are uneasy when they have to be transfused.  The CDC is just one agency testing blood safety.  It is … Continue reading

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President Obama signs veteran suicide prevention bill today

I’m glad to report that the bipartisan Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act,  was signed into law today.  It is named after Sgt. Clay Hunt, a Marine who suffered from depression and PTSD; he took his own life in … Continue reading

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Supporting the One and Only safe injection campaign

The CDC’s “One and Only One” safe injection campaign is accepted by public health professionals globally but the desire for a safe jet injection needless device are still very much desired by many as a means to prevent accidental needlesticks … Continue reading

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A few positive VA things to report

Sorry for my recent silence but “life” has interrupted my online activities.  I would like to share that we had some good news from the VA all within two weeks.  #1 The most important event was that the NOD we … Continue reading

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NBC ROTORHEAD FAN CLUB–(NOT BRIAN’S CHOPPER)

After watching an exposé on the history of Brian William’s mouth muscles misbehaving last evening, it seems his story has evolved like Neanderthal Man into Homo Sapiens. Predictably, from the progressive side of the aisle, his fellow newsmen are showing their … Continue reading

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EXTRAORDINARY WRITS OF MANDAMUS–ADVERSARIAL DENIALS

 Successful Extraordinary Writs are like Boo Radley. Their existence is hypothesized like a Muon particle in negative space and perhaps even discussed at Leagle Beagle Happy Hours but the success rate can almost be counted on one hand in VAland.  If … Continue reading

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