Tag Archives: Helping homeless Vets

VA Medical-related freebie mobile devices and apps

But, no, the free tablets are not for you!   Fiscal Year 2014 means free 10,000 ipads for VHA providers. In the interests of efficiency this use of technology makes sense.  But security is the big concern. Providers can take their devices home, playground … Continue reading

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ILP–SUMMER PRODUCE

July has been berry berry good to us. Raspberries are over and the blackberries have begun. The zucchini is running amok and the string beans are all but done. The corn is over seven feet high. We have Paul and Leigh Burch … Continue reading

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MEMORIAL DAY–2014

A weekend so rich in the history of America’s former military members threatens to be engulfed in a fiasco-the making of which is so shocking as to defy comprehension. A Government Agency specifically designed to give America’s Sons of War … Continue reading

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VA ILP SSOC REBUTTAL–LIKE CLAY IN MY HANDS

Building a claim is a gradual process. Fortunately for those of us who have decided to depend on no one but ourselves to win our VA claims, we have several venues that purport to give seasoned advice. I was trying … Continue reading

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VA WIN TO SSI WIN NOT A GIMME

Okay. We have a lot of guys who come here with a shiny new VA 100% or TDIU compensation rating. They all say “What’s next, Nod?” My rejoinder is to admonish them that the SSI/SSD is a different animal and … Continue reading

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KPVETERANS.NET

What could be better than falling into cow poop and coming out happy and sweet-smelling as a clam at high tide? I decided to affiliate with the local Veterans outfit here in my neighborhood. Imagine a peninsula fashioned identically like … Continue reading

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VA Public Health’s weak online response to the HCV veteran study

Does anyone sense any urgency in about the VA’s response to the information given in study I posted about previously?  They post one graphic showing an overall 20 year infection rate of 10.3 which is shocking enough.  They offer one … Continue reading

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PROJECT SANCTUARY

Here’s a real hands-on charity in Colorado. I read over their 2012 IRS 990  Sanctuary 990 2012 and liked what I see.  Project Sanctuary conducted ten retreats in 2011, their latest year tabulated above. That took 103 military families-Dads, Moms, and in … Continue reading

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CONCERNED VETERANS OF AMERICA DELIVERS PETITION

Absolutely great! The first VA Secretary in the history of VASECS finally begins to modernize VA by revamping antique procedures and they want to give him a Texas Necktie Party. Sometimes I wonder what passes for a feeble mind. This … Continue reading

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Your veterans’ benefits, SSA benefits and the threat of the chained CPI

AARP has been educating seniors on what politicians are up to with the Chained CPI, which is “a fancy Washington term that means cutting the cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) for social security and veterans benefits.  The cut would start now and grow … Continue reading

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