Tag Archives: HCV Health Tips

BVA–NEW 2ND QUARTER DECISIONS POSTED

Posted on July 17, 2014 by asknod

The second batch of 2014 decisions were put up today and the increase of cases being won via jetguns is finally getting some traction. Here’s the very first one I looked at and the turn around in VHA “expert” opinions … Continue reading →

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HCV infection and veterans’ oral health

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Laura

According to a 2012 report published for dentists by the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, which also covers hepatitis, health problems associated with HCV are numerous. The report, Dental and Orofacial Health and Hepatitis C contains a few graphic images including … Continue reading →

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HCV patients: Drink coffee, not tea, to slow liver disease progression

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Laura

A large well- funded study, Coffee Intake, is Associated with Lower Rates of Liver Disease Progression in Chronic Hepatitis C, was first published in Hepatology (2009) and is now free to read. The Discussion section summarizes the good news: This prospective study … Continue reading →

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BVA–THE LOUISVILLE TWO STEP

Posted on June 28, 2014 by asknod

The Louisville Two-step: Step One: Get VSO and sign POA over. Step two: Step into street in front of VA Examiner and get prepared to be mowed down. This is so predictable. Johnny Rebel here could have been in high cotton … Continue reading →

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BVA–IN SEARCH OF NEGATIVE EVIDENCE

Posted on June 28, 2014 by asknod

This is a great decision with enormous parameters. It illustrates many things that are judicially useful. To begin with, it is a jetgun-based claim and, as such, is of immense interest to the Veteran population who served between 1962 and … Continue reading →

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VA study: HCV can cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Are veterans the last to know?

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Laura

We know that HCV can lead to liver cancer, but blood cancers too? Yes. HCV isn’t just swishing around in a body’s blood stream happily replicating in liver cells. HCV makes changes to other bodily systems and structures in some “small … Continue reading →

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SOVALDI–THE NEXT GENERATION OF HCV CLAIMS

Posted on June 24, 2014 by asknod

I have recently been contacted more times than I can count by Veterans with the “What if I go SVR during my claim?” or the “How will this affect my rating now that I am cured?” Quite simple, actually. 38 … Continue reading →

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BVA–THE SQUEAKY WHEEL THEORY

Posted on June 23, 2014 by asknod

For years and in my book, I’ve tried to impress on VA claimants the absolute necessity for continuing to pound home the appeal-even if it involves remand after remand after Joint Motion to Remand. Here it paid off in a … Continue reading →

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BVA–PURE JETGUN DECISION

Posted on June 23, 2014 by asknod

Here is what appears to be a straight forward jetgun decision. No prevarications. No hemming and hawing. No benefit of the doubt. Two doctors say it was jetguns and no one from VA stands up and says otherwise. This further … Continue reading →

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BVA–LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU DO

Posted on June 23, 2014 by asknod

I always look for explicit examples of VA tricks and try to advertize them as a “Buyer Beware”. VA has a propensity to stretch the truth like no other agency of government. They have a tendency to cite to medical … Continue reading →