Tag Archives: Help with vA Claims

More good news

I want to share the good news that my husband’s disability claim has been largely successful–although he was denied HCV.  We received a decision in under one year and the information found on this website was critical. Nonetheless, there is … Continue reading

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AMC–JUSTICE DELAYED IS NOT JUSTICE DENIED

I have thought long and hard about how I would write about this event.  What the hey? I had twenty years to contemplate it. I was alerted, as many of you have observed on your own claims, to the imminent … Continue reading

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BVA–RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

Back in the old days, we were given “the briefing”. Holy Rules of Engagement, Batman! Each locale differed radically. What was basically a free-fire zone in Kon Tum was an entirely different proposition one Country over and it changed a … Continue reading

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CAVC–WALTHERS V. SHINSEKI–INFORMAL WITHDRAWALS

I don’t know how many times I get emails from guys asking what will happen  if they file for the DM2 they’ve had since the first Interferon merrygoround. The universal worry seems to be an ominous feeling of instant retribution … Continue reading

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BVA-ASKNOD DOES DC AGAIN AND WINS

Here’s the actual decision that gets down in the weeds and begrudgingly grants my 1994 earlier effective date. What is of note is that the BVA tries to impute that I submitted evidence after the issuance of the  January 5th … Continue reading

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BVA-4TH QTR DECISIONS POSTED TODAY

Hot off the presses. The last of the BVA 2013 decisions (or so they claim) are up. 

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M-21 1MR NEW GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING EVIDENCE

VA has gradually been revamping their procedures for approval/denial in their M-21. It would probably behoove your to brush up on their new, improved techniques for politely denying your claim. Attached is the latest Chapter 5 list of  “How to … Continue reading

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MARINE BOOT INSPECTION

When this photo was first published, the ACLU was told it was nothing more than a snapshot of Marines looking down at their shoes and contemplating how dirty and unpolished they were. Later, when informed the troops were on Federal … Continue reading

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Pediatric HCV reporting in U. S. “grossly inadequate”

Florida requires health practitioners and labs report all cases of acute and chronic HCV into a database called MERLIN.  A 2012 study (link below)   showed that only about 12% of children infected with HCV in Florida had been identified between 2000-2009.   Nationwide, … Continue reading

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HOW TO CONTACT YOUR VA RATER

In what is increasingly becoming a struggle to get the VA’s attention when they really should be working your claim (or profess to be actively doing so), my attorney has finally given me the “secret handshake”. I am now one … Continue reading

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