Tag Archives: Help with vA Claims

BVA–Big Brother is watching you

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

This has no pertinent relevance to HCV claims, but I include it here to illustrate that VA does keep track of you and your claim. You would be foolish to think otherwise. This deranged Vet filed in 1946 and received … Continue reading →

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BVA– HOW BAD DO YOU WANT TO LOSE?

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

Okay. Do not show up for the C&P exam. Check. Don’t show up for the Travel Board Hearing. Check. Ignore the Risk Factors Questionnaire they mailed out to you. Check. Tell them you were an IVDU kind of guy. Check. … Continue reading →

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BVA–HEP A,B,C OR NONE OF THE ABOVE

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

These kinds of cases disturb me. I expect we are going to start seeing more like this example(and mine)that were filed under “hepatitis” without a letter after them. Its a backdoor method to 86 an old rating after it has … Continue reading →

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BVA— JUST THE HEP, MAM,JUST THE HEP

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

Feb. 88- Vet filed and lost a “hepatitis” claim based on hep. in service in March 77. Fast forward to July 08. The vet has a new claim before the BVA on appeal(obviously the local VARO still doesn’t believe him). … Continue reading →

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BVA– 3.156(c)(i)(ii)(iii)(2,3,4)–2007 back to 1970

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

Start claim in 1970. Walk away and forget to appeal. Open old claim in 87,96,98, and finally get SC in 2003. Ask for 87 effective date , but, hold on to your hat, get the 1970 effective date. This is … Continue reading →

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BVA–WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

Here is a classic example of why you have to wait forever to get your day in court. The VA ought to institute a Bureau of Believability to deal with this. If you were never in Vietnam, then it would … Continue reading →

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BVA– 1st Fallout from Groves v. Peake(2008)

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

August 18, 2008. This is just one of 43 cases traveling through the BVA system to utilize the precedence setting effects of Groves v. Peake in 2008. We will be seeing many more of these and a mass quantity of … Continue reading →

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BVA– YOUR EFFECTIVE DATE

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

 This decision will hopefully clear up any confusion Vets may have as to what day is the official beginning of their benefits from VA. The law is very clear on this but Vets are fuzzy on what can be considered … Continue reading →

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BVA– What % for how sick I am

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

Veterans have asked us how the VA rates you for Hep. Here is an actual decision that shows what they offer for degree of disability. More about this at the end of the decision… http://www.va.gov/vetapp08/Files2/0812018.txt Having read this, You now … Continue reading →

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BVA–Getting Your Nexus Right

Posted on September 26, 2011 by asknod

Remember, Veterans, when you obtain a nexus from a doctor, it has to be phrased exactly right or it is a wasted effort. This ruling is a classic example of that which I speak. This Veteran did everything correctly with … Continue reading →

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