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BVA–THIRD QUARTER DECISIONS ARE UP

Posted on October 20, 2013 by asknod

The third quarter release of BVA decisions are out as of this morning. Someone must be working overtime. We had hoped to see them by August 30th but we all know that the BVA is backed up and constipated just … Continue reading →

$47,000 mechanical bull for Utah National Guard?

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Laura

AMVETS National Executive Director Stewart Hickey was ticked off. While the Department of Defense has money to call 350,000 employees back to work, and buy a $47,000 mechanical bull, they don’t have the funding for our fallen families…. This is such a travesty that … Continue reading →

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The big GI bill carrot, student veterans, and the shutdown

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Laura

Who are these veterans? Student Veterans of America (SVA) have a few facts up on their website. They note that 47% have families, 85% are older than 25, and 27% are female. My DS (dear son) is in the first … Continue reading →

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FED. CIRCUS–TYRUES v. SHINSEKI– THAT’S ALL SHE WROTE

Posted on October 15, 2013 by asknod

In Larry’s last episode, he was poised to make the leap, via the Henderson v. Shinseki Supreme Court decision, to overcoming the tolling of what can only be described as a bifurcated claim. Vets have one claim. One original claim. … Continue reading →

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C-Span link to Sec. Shinseki’s testimony

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Laura

Thanks to reader Steve W. who shared this information. I haven’t watched it yet to comment. The blurb says In his opening statement, Sec. Shinseki told the committee that he would be unable to issue benefits checks on November 1, … Continue reading →

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JETGUNS BUSTED IN 1985

Posted on October 10, 2013 by asknod

I find it interesting that VA has used the argument repeatedly that jetguns have never been implicated as a cross contaminator of diseases. The biometric has always been that HBV was shown to be transmitted at a weight loss clinic … Continue reading →

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Not eligible for VA health care?

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Laura

To get a sense of which “high income” non-service connected vets might be denied VA health care now, we need to get acquainted with Priority 8 GMT income limits for Fiscal Year 2012, (see health benefit chart) and a desired state and county. … Continue reading →

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WALTER REED HOSPITAL SIX YEARS LATER

Posted on October 2, 2013 by asknod

Member Frank sends us this missive and link to the neverending Walter Reed imbroglio that’s comparable to the erstwhile cockroaches of Hiroshima. It won’t die or go away nor will it resolve any time soon. When you choose to become … Continue reading →

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GETTING YOUR C-FILE

Posted on September 30, 2013 by asknod

It never ceases to amaze me what some of you are forced to go through to pry a copy of your c-file out of the cold, deadly fingers of the Regional Offices. The stories I have heard make me ashamed … Continue reading →

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American women and guns

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Laura

The Second Amendment codified the right for (free) people to bear arms in 1791. Long before the movie Cold Mountain famously portrayed circumstances in which women protected themselves during the Civil War, Colonial women owned and used guns. Scholarship of probate inventories by … Continue reading →