Tag Archives: Helping Veterans

THE ROBERTS REDUX

The Veterans Administration is one of the largest agencies of the US government. As such, they consume the lion’s share of the finances in their administration of benefits and medical services to Veterans. At last count, I believe the annual … Continue reading

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EVIDENTIARY REQUIREMENTS FOR VA CLAIMS

Many of you who come here seeking advice either do not have access to  the Veterans Benefits Manual or are unaware of the VA’s M21 1MR Manual for adjudicating claims. It’s no mystery how this is done. What most Vets … Continue reading

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SOVALDI APPROVED BY FDA

What we’ve all been waiting a long time for came true today. The FDA approved Sovaldi for production. Now to convince the government to buy it for me. With my luck and Obamacare, they’ll take the eugenics tack and say … Continue reading

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Update on Minot-area HCV outbreak: From 3 cases to 40 cases from an unknown common source

This October I wrote about the North Dakota cluster of acute (recently infected) cases of genetically linked HCV from the same geographical region. It can’t happen in Ward County? Well, it did yet North Dakotan journalists must find the subject boring even though … Continue reading

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HCV LONGEVITY @ ROOM TEMPERATURE

Wowser. Just the right calibre ammo for that HCV claim where they say everything is pristine clean and HCV is not a “robust ” virus such as it’s close cousins HBV/HAV on the other side of the sheets. This will … Continue reading

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UGLY STATISTICS ON DISABLED VETS BEING HIDDEN

This hardly surprises me. ‘Pop’ Smoke sends us this news flash which should hardly come as a surprise but does. In the early stages of World War II, this was commonplace. Roosevelt did not want America to lose heart at … Continue reading

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VA BACKLOG IN DECLINE?

We decided to take the Ric Shinseki ‘Find a needy Vet’ challenge and see if we could find even one sick needy Vet falling through the cracks this Christmas. Turns out we didn’t have to look very far. Our very … Continue reading

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VA FRAUD ALERT

I get these ever since I made the mistake of giving them my email address. Baaaaad idea. No_Reply@va.gov  Nov 22 at 12:43 PM  FRAUD ALERT: Veterans should be aware of a marketing scam targeting callers trying to reach the Department of … Continue reading

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BVA–5CCs OF GAMMA GLOBULIN = HCV

Ooooh, baby. Now we’re hitting a thousand. Too bad this sweet thing lost her man but it shows you how to pick up the pieces when life hands you these lemons. What amazes me is how the VFW managed to … Continue reading

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BVA–USING THE SAME SYRINGE = HCV

FROM THE HONORABLE ELVIS PRESLEY VARO IN NASHVILLE, TN Here’s an excellent one to file under nexus. Don’t say they never did it. They did. Some medics back then rationalized that we were all healthy- or sure looked healthy- so … Continue reading

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