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Posted on September 29, 2011 by asknod

Author Comment NOD Manager Registered: 11/22/08 Posts: 654 01/23/09 #1 12/10/08         #1 Dear Vets, we hope you find useful info on this site that can help you with your claim. If there is anything you need … Continue reading →

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Letter 3 arrives–Azeejensmom’s saga to SC

Posted on September 29, 2011 by asknod

  These are part of the lost year. I’d get out of the hospital only to succumb to Peritonitis again… and again… and again… all the way through Thanksgiving. I came home o/a the first of December 09 but went … Continue reading →

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Need adivise.. husband passed away..

Posted on September 29, 2011 by asknod

This is part of the lost year for me in the VAMC trying to stay alive while the VAMC tried to kill me. MplsWidow Registered: 06/13/09 Posts: 2 06/13/09 #1 My husband was a Marine did boot camp at Paris Island … Continue reading →

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Interferon/Ribavirin treatments linked to Cancer?

Posted on September 29, 2011 by asknod

flipfarts Registered: 05/12/09 Posts: 19 05/12/09 #1 My HCV was discovered by mistake at VA hospital in 1994. Failed the 6 month 3 times a day injections of alpha interferon. Got talked into Interferon/Ribavirin injections in 2004. Almost killed me. … Continue reading →

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DMII and PN conditions secondary to Hep-C

Posted on September 29, 2011 by asknod

I include these messages for others to benefit from. I was in the Seattle VA  hospital for a year from 4/09 to 4/10 so I didn’t get to post very much due to illness/4 surgeries. AN chiefhouse00 Registered: 04/23/09 Posts: … Continue reading →

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38 CFR § 4.114 DC 7343(IFN TX)

Posted on September 29, 2011 by asknod

In Part 4 of 38 CFR, you will find Section §4.114 which deals with the Schedule of Ratings for diseases of the digestive tract. There you will find Diagnostic Codes (DCs) that refer to specific diseases. The ones that most … Continue reading →

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John Q. Public’s misconceptions about Hep C

Posted on September 29, 2011 by asknod

 01/23/09 People ask me if having a tattoo will destroy their chances of winning their jetgun claim for Hep. Yes. You read that right. Well, gosh, where should I start? If you have filed your claim, you must have filled … Continue reading →

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BVA-Why not me? He got $.

Posted on September 28, 2011 by asknod

 Every once in a while we have to go back and reiterate certain principles of VA law that gradually become dim in claimant’s minds. This case is a refresher course . It was posted the other day and thus is … Continue reading →

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BVA–Too many DD 214s

Posted on September 28, 2011 by asknod

    An observant reader sent us this one. It’s priceless. It must have cost VA a bundle to sort this one out, but sort it out they did. I give them credit for being thorough. This is why it takes … Continue reading →

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BVA– HAV = Nobucks

Posted on September 28, 2011 by asknod

 Boy, this is the mistake of a lifetime. Our Vet from New Jersey here, with his County rep. as a VSO, has unwisely elected to get himself service –connected for HAV, not HCV.  When asking for actual compensation instead of the … Continue reading →

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