Tag Archives: Help with vA Claims

BVA– Remand to Nashville Cats

Posted on October 15, 2011 by asknod

BVA—Remand NashvilleCats While I compliment the  VLJ on his candid observation that the Nashville Cats at the Nashville VARO aren’t playin’ as clean as country water, the cause is lost. Judge Michael E. Kilcoyne has been around the BVA for … Continue reading →

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TEACH A MAN TO FISH

Posted on October 14, 2011 by asknod

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for life. I don’t know who said this. It isn’t germane to my discussion here. The thought is, though. Yesterday, … Continue reading →

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VA — TRICK OR TREAT

Posted on October 13, 2011 by asknod

On October 31st, 1990, the VA instituted the concept of willful misconduct. Prior to this the measurement was nominally Line of Duty (LOD). If you did something stupid like driving drunk and really messing yourself up, that was not LOD. … Continue reading →

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LOOKING FOR CUE IN BVA PLACES

Posted on October 12, 2011 by asknod

Looking For CUE   I have posted examples of CUE (Clear and Unmistakable Error) on several occasions but have never posted decisions where the reader can look for CUE in a BVA decision and discern it. I have chosen my … Continue reading →

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BVA–A Well-Reasoned Jet Gun Win

Posted on October 12, 2011 by asknod

Over the years we have noticed a small coterie of very successful lawyers who take on Hep. cases and win them with seeming ease. Virginia Girard-Brady is one. Here, she demonstrates that even in a pool full of VA law … Continue reading →

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Lars S.

Posted on October 7, 2011 by asknod

Lars S. was the quintessential Veteran of the Vietnam war conflict. He was a distinguished member of the long grey line. That’s a euphemism for a West Point graduate. He was in it for the long term as a profession. He was … Continue reading →

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VA Budget for Homeless Vets

Posted on October 6, 2011 by asknod

Everyone who knows me is aware of my propensity to digest numbers and discover aberrant results. I saw this on Veterans today as a tweet. http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/10/05/secretary-shinseki-announces-an-additional-10-3-million-to-help-eliminate-veterans-homelessness/ Extrapolating by adding 59.5 Million dollars to the new authorization of 10. 3 Million dollars yields … Continue reading →

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BVA– Bipolar +IVDU= HCV SC

Posted on October 5, 2011 by asknod

I keep hearing about these and finally found one. This is a 2011 decision and shows the misogynist reasoning need to arrive at this. I have heard of this with PTSD but not  the Bipolar route. Check out the “at least as … Continue reading →

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VA Theory of Odds of Getting Hep.

Posted on October 2, 2011 by asknod

VA has assigned a brand new sliding scale of the odds of getting Hepatitis C and what each ratio is. I had no idea they went into such detailed scientific research to obtain this.  This is utterly mind-boggling. >Intravenous drug … Continue reading →

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BVA- Hep/Cirrhosis dilemma–DANGER!

Posted on October 1, 2011 by asknod

Here’s a horror story I’m sure some of you Veterans have encountered by now. Imagine filing for SC for hep and cirrhosis and winning. Your med recs support it and you are most definitely entitled to it. One little problem. … Continue reading →

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