Tag Archives: HCV Veterans

BVA– TEXAS VETERANS COMMISION

Posted on June 10, 2012 by asknod

FROM THE DAVID KORESH MEMORIAL VARO IN WACO Here’s an interesting decision. We don’t know if the chicken or the egg came first. We do know that WGM used this outfit  out of Houston, but that is no guarantee of … Continue reading →

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HCV & PALEO FOODS

Posted on June 10, 2012 by asknod

HCV requires a special diet that takes the load off the liver much like a jackstand takes the pressure off a wheel supporting a vehicle. One good way to do this is to eat good, empty, high fiber foods that … Continue reading →

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HCV AND THYROID CANCERS

Posted on June 8, 2012 by asknod

Member Randy of Colorado fame has found something we all perhaps suspected but had no conclusive proof of. Our member Chase, who just received an new liver, Robert in southern California and of course Randy, all suffer from either  active … Continue reading →

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FREE VA MEDICAL FOR LIFE

Posted on June 7, 2012 by asknod

  From Patricia at HCVets… My, how considerate of the MiamiVAMC to offer free medical for life to the 5 Veterans who came down with HIV, the eight who tested positive for HCV and the sole Vet who contracted Hepatitis … Continue reading →

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CATCH 23–TOUGH LUCK

Posted on June 2, 2012 by asknod

Nashville, Tennessee Imagine reporting for your colonoscopy at the VA. Sanitary protocols are in place now, right? We’re talking 2008 and forward. In RO and BVA decisions , they constantly dredge up the fact that while there may have been … Continue reading →

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HCV INFO FOR VIETNAM VETS

Posted on May 29, 2012 by asknod

Here’s a great article  from HCV Advocate written by a VHA researcher. It touches on important facts that can be used in a general context to bolster your claim if you are an in-country Vet. Regardless, it’s good info and … Continue reading →

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BVA–SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK ‘N ROLL

Posted on May 25, 2012 by asknod

FROM THE BINFORD TOOLS                                                                    VARO IN DETROIT … Continue reading →

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CDC–Houston, We Have A Problem…

Posted on May 19, 2012 by asknod

Those funny guys down at the CDC are so perceptive it scares me. It’s as if they are prescient and realize a problem is brewing. Buried on page A-16 of my local Tacoma fishwrap in a small sidebar, they dutifully … Continue reading →

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BVA–DECISION MAILED

Posted on May 16, 2012 by asknod

I checked the BVA website to see if there had been any progress on my appeal and discovered I no longer have appeals pending at the Board. Two decisions are to be announced tomorrow and one was decided a year … Continue reading →

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BVA–Bare Conclusory Statements

Posted on May 12, 2012 by asknod

From the  Honorable Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman RO in Atlanta (ATRO) In what United States judicial forum is it permissible to make broad, sweeping conclusions with nary a supporting argument to buttress the statement? Correct, Padewans. None. Well, “not exactly” as … Continue reading →

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