Tag Archives: Help with vA Claims

VARO–VINDICTIVE? NAW. JUST DOING OUR JOB

Posted on December 3, 2012 by asknod

This one will curl your hair. Imagine being protected by a five year old rating. Well, protected inasmuch as you know it’s not getting better. Now, compound that to within a few short months of being protected forever at 20 … Continue reading →

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BVA–STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES

Posted on December 3, 2012 by asknod

Who’s dumber? The Vet who eats rat poison for almost a year and goes blind or the VAMC who should have cut him off after six months? Regardless, the damage is done. It reads a lot like my problems list. … Continue reading →

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BVA–EARLIER EFFECTIVE DATE

Posted on December 3, 2012 by asknod

From the Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Memorial VARO in  Portland As many years as I have been doing this, there is always someone such as Mr. Lewis and Clark here who tries to imply that just because he filed in … Continue reading →

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BVA–LOUISVILLE SLUGGER

Posted on December 2, 2012 by asknod

Either I’m becoming jaded or the BVA is getting soft on the Kentucky Vets with HCV. This is about the fourth one where the Vet must have had a CMOH to get this kind of consideration. Vets by now are … Continue reading →

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BVA– WELL, ACTUALLY IT WAS THE PNEUMONIA

Posted on December 2, 2012 by asknod

I guess Johnny Alabama wasn’t expecting vA to actually go back and look at his hospitalization records. Surprise! Lookit here. It says that it wasn’t for HCV but actually pneumonia. Can anyone explain this disparity? Johnny finally came clean at the … Continue reading →

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BVA- JETGUN WIN FROM NEWARK

Posted on December 1, 2012 by asknod

Here’s a relatively clean jetgun decision with a side of shared razors. It’s not the first time the VVA has done a bang up job on this. I  see the Vet was smart enough to get a hall pass from … Continue reading →

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FALL BVA DECISIONS ARE POSTED

Posted on November 30, 2012 by asknod

Red hot and the link works. All the late August, September, and some October BVA decisions are up on the boards today. Same sad story of Lions-5, Christians=0 in the BVA Colosseum  We didn’t expect any less. A few will win … Continue reading →

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BVA–CUSTER’S LAST STAND

Posted on November 28, 2012 by asknod

Dang. And I thought they were dragging their feet on my claim. Check this out. Major Reno’s great grandson files for Hep C in 1995. This assumes they didn’t take more than a year to deny from filing date. And … Continue reading →

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VA FY 2013 Budget mysteries

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Laura

I’ve spent too much time looking in the VA budget for the line item for grant payments to VSOs without success.  The VSOs serve under the VA’s Office of General Counsel as accredited partners and have read-only access to CAPRI … Continue reading →

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ILP–NOD ON GREENHOUSE

Posted on November 25, 2012 by asknod

WIN OR DIE True to my word on putting up a copy of my Greenhouse NOD, at fifteen pages this one is a  veritable Gutenberg bible. For those of you who are filing for the ILP or have lost, this will give … Continue reading →

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