Tag Archives: HCV Decisions

What if HCV is your only service-connected STD?

HCV is called a lot of things.  We know that Hepatitis C is classified as a communicable disease.   It is transmitted when the blood of an infected person enters the blood-stream of another person. We know that mother-to-child transmission … Continue reading

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VA LOTTO WINNER #33

It is with great pleasure we announce the entrance of Hepsick, my old friend Mark, through the gates of Eden. Mark started on this odyssey back in 2008 before I got sick and went into the hospital. Mark had it made … Continue reading

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CAVC–DENNIS V. SHINSEKI–DENNIS THE MENACE

Pull up a chair and set a spell. This is a piece of work. Occasionally we win. That much is undebatable.  Occasionally, VA decides they were too nice and opts to take it all back. Keith Roberts comes to mind here. … Continue reading

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CAVC–THOMAS V. SHINSEKI-IT DOESN’T ADD UP

Saint Mary Schoelen sends us this bit of a Judicial Hanky Panky remand. All I see it doing is  teaching the BVA and the raters to be honest when passing out their thirty pieces of silver. “Honest” meaning thorough and … Continue reading

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CAVC–KETCHUM V. SHINSEKI

Hot off the presses for 2013. The very first HCV decision of the new year. Click here.  Erase the word {query} and then insert  11-3304 in the search bar. Then click on the blue download in the upper left to view. Keith … Continue reading

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Dueling doctors over HCV screening

 The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is a group that makes recommendations to  primary care physicians about preventative care.  For example, they grade health screening tests with  A , B, C, or D.   They recently made a controversial recommendation on … Continue reading

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2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 80,000 times in 2012. If it were … Continue reading

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BVA–SECOND REMAND

FROM THE HAVE-A-TAMPA FORT FUMBLE IN FLORIDA Nothing like justice steeped in the teapot of time. This, from Pete Vet’s 2005 denial, is a continuing example of an ongoing crime. Read through it and you will see the fingerprints of … Continue reading

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ASKNOD BOOK ON YOUTUBE

Gez, I paid for this almost a year ago and they finally got it right. At first the soldier was saluting with his left arm. It took six months to fix that. Enjoy. Leave comments to help others if you got anything … Continue reading

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BVA–§1151 FOR INTERFERON TREATMENT

FROM THE WE DON’T SMOKE POT IN MUSKOGEE VARO (YET). The Vet went into this one with eyes wide shut. Any attack on VA via an §1151 is going to be right up there with CUE. VA will have lawyers … Continue reading

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