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AMC–JUSTICE DELAYED IS NOT JUSTICE DENIED

Posted on January 29, 2014 by asknod

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

Posted on January 22, 2014 by asknod

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

Posted on January 18, 2014 by asknod

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

Posted on January 17, 2014 by asknod

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

Posted on January 17, 2014 by asknod

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

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RAINBOWS IN GUAM

Posted on January 16, 2014 by asknod

Here’s a great site about Agent Orange. It’s unique in that some of the gentleman’s documents are not in circulation. This one is a classic example. While the site deals mostly with Guam and environs, there is some excellent source … Continue reading →

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MARINE BOOT INSPECTION

Posted on January 16, 2014 by asknod

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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FACE THE PAGE–BUILDING PERMITS

Posted on January 15, 2014 by asknod

These are my kind of people. Deny you a permit to build a horse shade barn? Why, build a table and some sittin’ chairs. Hell, Paul Bunyan and Babe might drop in and sit a spell. Who can say? $20 … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Laura

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

Posted on January 13, 2014 by asknod

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 →