Tag Archives: Help with vA Claims

SOFOSBUVIR = SOVALDI

Sofosbuvir has a trade name now. It’s Sovaldi and is set for release in early 2014 in Europe. We are awaiting release here in the US with parted lips and straining eyes. Well, I am, anyway. Oh, yeah-the stock is … Continue reading

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VETERANS DAY CAKE

With my abject apologies to Member Randy. I was supposed to publish his extraordinary Vet’s day cake with accompanying pictorial ingredients display but it somehow got lost in the shuffle. Words cannot convey my disappointment in failing you, sir. At … Continue reading

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JUSTICE DELAYED IS NOT JUSTICE DENIED

March 31, 1994 submit claims for: 1) Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT), secondary to a)Hepatitis or b)Agent orange 2) tinnitus increase to compensable (10%) _________________________________ November 4, 1994 Receive denials for: 1) residuals of hepatitis (nothing in SMRs) 2) PCT due … Continue reading

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Speaking of direct mail and Medicare insurance plans

Every big MN insurance company knows that I’m going to get Medicare benefits next year because my mailbox has been full with their enticements for months.  I am reading them because I don’t understand the Part D donut hole trap. … Continue reading

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DIY veterans service organizations

We’ve been reading Nod’s posts about the veteran scam organizations and high salaries of those who feel entitled to pay themselves well for their efforts to help veterans.  It’s hard not to be distrustful of most of them. Do you … Continue reading

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HAPPY VETS DAY

By it’s very nature, Veterans Day has to be happy. Hell, we survived, right? Remember, they have the other Day in May for all of us who are room temperature. This is our day, and it should be relished and … Continue reading

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DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response

A member of ASKNOD has submitted a New York Times article to inform us of an increase in reported military sexual assaults and of reforms being proposed by some in Congress.  Sexual violence is a distressing topic but it behooves citizens to … Continue reading

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VA ILP CODICIL DISCOVERED

All this time I thought I was being discriminated against with the VA denying my request for a greenhouse. Member Bruce (Tip of the ILP Spear) in Georgia sends us this by way of explanation. It’s all been a huge … Continue reading

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“Veterans Affairs Research Supports CDC Recommendation to Screen Baby Boomers for Hepatitis C”

The “Liver Meeting 2013” conference in DC ends tomorrow. The sponsor of the meeting, the American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases(AASLD), released a press release (11/3/13) on the research of Lisa Backus, M.D., Ph.d. from the VA. As … Continue reading

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FED. CIR.- GEIB v. SHINSEKI–YOU’RE GOOD TO GO, EDDIE

So many of you come to me and pose questions about Hepatitis C that we often overlook other subjects. I have recently been helping a relative in his final assault on Mt. TDIU. The ascent is always gradual with a … Continue reading

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