Tag Archives: HCVETS

82% CURE IN NON-IFN ORAL HCV TRIALS

Posted on May 3, 2012 by asknod

This just in from Rocky Mountain High member Randy. This is the best news I have read in decades about the HCV “cure“. Finally, a way to put paid to this bug in spades. I don’t get my hopes up … Continue reading →

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CAVC–CAVAZOS v SHINSEKI

Posted on April 30, 2012 by asknod

These are the decisions we love and hate. We love them because its always nice to see the underdog go up against Goliath pro se. We hate it because of the inordinate time wasted pursuing something that can never be … Continue reading →

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BVA–Lowballing for Fun and Profit

Posted on April 29, 2012 by asknod

VA seems condemned to never looking up to make eye contact with you. They are fixated on the records in front of them and struggle to come to the lowest rating that can pass muster. Facts are inconvenient nuisances and … Continue reading →

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BVA- A≠B≠C=SPECULATION?

Posted on April 25, 2012 by asknod

Imagine arriving at the RO with all the goodies. Disease? Check. Disease in service? Check. Nexus? Got them (2). Good to go, right? Caluza Triangle-Hickson Elements- everything’s copacetic. Back the boat back up to the dock and refuel it, Gilligan. … Continue reading →

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BVA–Worthless VA Medical Opinions

Posted on April 21, 2012 by asknod

As I get older, I read BVA HCV decisions and see errors so egregious they make my hair stand on end. What passes for Independent Medical Opinions requested by BVA VLJs to facilitate adjudications is going downhill rapidly. The following … Continue reading →

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VARO–SQUIDLY DOES SIOUX FALLS

Posted on March 30, 2012 by asknod

Everyone needs some sunshine on Friday and so we are glad to announce that member SquidlyOne, who has been hard at it for years, finally got another piece of the vA pie today. Squdly, for the uninitiated, has been up … Continue reading →

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Nexus Bible

Posted on March 28, 2012 by asknod

Here you go, Kiedove. Everything I can think of. At the end there’s a Microsoft Word document attachment you can download and modify to put your own notes on if you want. Everything in red is phraseology the doctor should … Continue reading →

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HCV and Pain–VA’s Own Study

Posted on March 28, 2012 by asknod

Gee, what else have these guys been up to and burying out back of the hospital? Here’s ammo for that claim from none other than the very Bozos who will tell you there’s 1) No conclusive studies on the subject … Continue reading →

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BvA– HCVets

Posted on March 23, 2012 by asknod

I read many BvA decisions in search of anything we can use to win our claims for this insidious disease. As most know, it seems vA is one step ahead of us on figuring out new ways to deny. This … Continue reading →

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Teleprevir vs. Boceprevir

Posted on March 22, 2012 by asknod

What to do? Two new drugs on the market (or virtually there) and much said of each.What hard facts do we know at this point and what is conjecture? School of thought number one holds that Teleprevir (marketed as Incivik) … Continue reading →

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