Tag Archives: Helping Veterans

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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FACE THE PAGE–BUILDING PERMITS

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”

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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GAMMA GLOBULIN SHOTS

Remember those nasty boogers? They refrigerated the serum and then blasted you with it in the arm or upper butt with it. It was like jamming a popsicle under your skin for an hour and the volume was enough to … Continue reading

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HCV IN DENTAL SETTINGS EVEN TODAY

Here’s an important risk factor sent in by “Pop” Smoke. Just when we think the CDC has briefed everyone and it can’t happen any more, along comes one of these or the Minot, North Dakota outbreak. HCV is a lot … Continue reading

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SUNDAY MORNING BEAR ESSENTIALS

Member Tombo of the USS Long Beach (CGN-9) during the protracted Tonkin Gulf misunderstanding sends us this absolutely priceless humor to go with our morning coffee. Where does he get all these dynamite videos? While it doesn’t rival the 300 … Continue reading

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SVR RADIO ARCHIVED FILES

Hadit. com will be moving into a new format with a live broadcast. I had hoped it would be the one we did last Wednesday. Unfortunately, the electronic gremlins got to us and we had to revert back to the … Continue reading

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CAVC–MEKUS V. SHINSEKI–THROWING OUT THE RED FLAG

As many times as I write about VA law, I get the biggest bang out of reversals. Which Judge is often interesting in an effort to see who might have become more liberal towards our cause. We have come to … Continue reading

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SOVALDI SIDE EFFECTS

One thing’s for sure. We’re going to wait a long time for the VA to get Sovaldi on the shelves. Vets are not worth $120K worth of pills no matter how many medals they have. What is of note is … Continue reading

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