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BVA–ACUTE VERSUS CHRONIC HEPATITIS C
The lengths the VA will go to in order to deny a claim are impressive. Sometimes they resort to inundating you in extraneous facts that have absolutely no bearing on the decision. The further afield you go in an effort … Continue reading
Posted in BvA HCV decisions, HCV Health, HCV Risks (documented), IMOs/IMEs, Jetgun BvA Decisions, KP Veterans, Tips and Tricks, Vietnam War history
Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCV Decisions, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Jetguns, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help.
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BVA–LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS
What could be better than a long cool Veterans Law Judge in a black robe than a red hot Vet’s law dog on your team named Jeany Mark Esquire. Ms. Mark is one half of the tag team of Lieberman … Continue reading
Posted in BvA HCV decisions, C&P exams, HCV Risks (documented), IMOs/IMEs, Jetgun BvA Decisions, KP Veterans, Lawyering Up, Nexus Information, VA Attorneys, vARO Decisions, VARO Misfeasance, VBMS Tricks, Veterans Law, VSOs
Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, BVA HCV Decision, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCV Decisions, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help.
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BVA–OPEN MOUTH, SHOOT FOOT
FROM THE DAVID KORESH MEMORIAL VARO IN WHACKO, TEXAS VA examiners, over the decades I have witnessed the phenomenon, have reached conclusions no one else in the medical field could hope to. With perfect aplomb, they make pronouncements that are far … Continue reading
Posted in BvA HCV decisions, HCV Risks (documented), Jetgun BvA Decisions, Jetgun Claims evidence, KP Veterans, Nexus Information, Tips and Tricks
Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War Vets, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCV Decisions, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help.
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Cardiac Stress Test HCV outbreak in WVA
Sorry, here’s another hepatitis outbreak…this time from a West Virginia private clinic that is signed up with the Veteran’s Choice Program. There is a large VA Medical Center in Beckley so they may not get many referrals. (Veterans Choice Provider … Continue reading
Posted in Food for thought, Guest authors, HCV Health, HCV Risks (documented), medical injections, Medical News, non-va care, Uncategorized
Tagged asknod.org, HCV, Jetguns
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16 victims in HCV outbreak in Utah hospitals so far
Another new drug diversion case: The good news is that free testing has been conducted on more than half of those receiving letters. So far, 37 HCV cases with other genotypes have been identified; 7 others are waiting genotyping. … Continue reading
Posted in HCV Risks (documented), Uncategorized
Tagged asknod.org, civilian hospitals, drug diversion, HCV
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BVA–THE NEW PRESUMPTIVES FROM CAMP OF THE YOUNG
From the Al Unser Memorial Fort Fumble in Albuquerque, New Mexico: Camp Le Jeune, if spelled correctly, is French as most know. By rights, when named, it would have been more appropriate to call it Camp pour le jeune fils … Continue reading
Posted in All about Veterans, BvA Decisions, Camp Lejeune poisoning, IMOs/IMEs, KP Veterans, M-21 info, Medical News, Nexus Information, Presumption of Soundness, Tips and Tricks, Veterans Law
Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Camp Lejeune breast cancer claims, Camp Lejeune Water claims, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, vA CLAIMS FOR PTSD, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help.
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TOP-SHEETING HITS QTC ON AO CLAIMS
Great. Just what we needed when Vietnam Vets are falling like flies. This is akin to hurry up and pre-deny boots on the ground folks-not to mention Korea/Anderson Is. and any bases stateside. It never ceases to amaze me what … Continue reading
Posted in Agent Orange, All about Veterans, DM II, KP Veterans, Medical News, VA Medical Mysteries Explained, vA news
Tagged Agent Orange, ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, HCV, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, vA CLAIMS FOR PTSD, VA HCV Claims Help, VA Medical Care, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help.
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ILP–GREENHOUSE COERCION TECHNIQUES
So I’m sitting around the barn swamping a stall and I’m thinking to myself “I wonder when them ol’ boys are gonna see fit to come on over and hook me up with a greenhouse.” Hell, I’ve already committed to … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Independent Living Program
Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, VA Independent Living Program, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help.
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ILP–OLD FACTS BUT NEW REVELATIONS
Here’s a piece of history on the VR&E’s IL program that shines a bright light into a murky pail of water. Only the GAO could crow about this particular piece of work and conclude they hit one out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Independent Living Program, KP Veterans, vA news
Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, vA CLAIMS FOR PTSD, VA HCV Claims Help, VA Independent Living Program, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help.
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BVA–MEANWHILE, BACK ON THE HAMSTER WHEEL…
I finally got down to the ownership of who coined “the hamster wheel” to disparage the VA adjudications treadmill. It was(drumroll) Carol Wild Scott. It stuck. I am also reaching that plateau with the word jetgun. I coined that in … Continue reading
Posted in BvA HCV decisions
Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, HCV, HCV Decisions, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Veterans Humor, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help.
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