Tag Archives: Helping Veterans

VA Sec. Erik Shinseki impresses

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Laura

Here on ASKNOD, we’ve taken a look at some of the wasteful spending by the VA under Secretary Shinseki’s leadership and denounced that waste. He’s regularly chewed out by the Veterans’ committees in the House and Senate for waste. However, … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest authors, VA BACKLOG, vA news | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Gulf War Vets Help, Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Million Vet March, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 5 Comments

JETGUNS BUSTED IN 1985

Posted on October 10, 2013 by asknod

I find it interesting that VA has used the argument repeatedly that jetguns have never been implicated as a cross contaminator of diseases. The biometric has always been that HBV was shown to be transmitted at a weight loss clinic … Continue reading →

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GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM

Posted on October 9, 2013 by asknod

Seems like it’s time to take the protein pill again and strap on the brain bucket. When we become Veterans, it is to be assumed we have finished our commitment to preserving America’s freedom. We then pass that torch on … Continue reading →

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VABACKLOG DEADLINE SAVED BY GOVT. SHUTDOWN

Posted on October 8, 2013 by asknod

In a rare stroke of luck for the Department of Veterans Affairs, meeting their date of a 0% backlog in 2015 just got a reprieve. This actually couldn’t have happened at a more propitious time for the good general. In … Continue reading →

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Not eligible for VA health care?

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Laura

To get a sense of which “high income” non-service connected vets might be denied VA health care now, we need to get acquainted with Priority 8 GMT income limits for Fiscal Year 2012, (see health benefit chart) and a desired state and county. … Continue reading →

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WALTER REED HOSPITAL SIX YEARS LATER

Posted on October 2, 2013 by asknod

Member Frank sends us this missive and link to the neverending Walter Reed imbroglio that’s comparable to the erstwhile cockroaches of Hiroshima. It won’t die or go away nor will it resolve any time soon. When you choose to become … Continue reading →

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GETTING YOUR C-FILE

Posted on September 30, 2013 by asknod

It never ceases to amaze me what some of you are forced to go through to pry a copy of your c-file out of the cold, deadly fingers of the Regional Offices. The stories I have heard make me ashamed … Continue reading →

Posted in Extraordinary Writs of Mandamus, Obtaining a C-file, Presumption of Regularity | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Gulf War Vets Help, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 26 Comments

American women and guns

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Laura

The Second Amendment codified the right for (free) people to bear arms in 1791. Long before the movie Cold Mountain famously portrayed circumstances in which women protected themselves during the Civil War, Colonial women owned and used guns. Scholarship of probate inventories by … Continue reading →

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IFN HCV TREATMENT– YES OR NO?

Posted on September 28, 2013 by asknod

Here’s the smartest bit of deductive (and inductive) thinking to come along in a great while. Pop Smoke sends us this enlightened exposé of the outcomes of those SVR versus the great unwashed like myself who are glow in the dark … Continue reading →

Posted in HCV Health, HCV Risks (documented), Interferon claims | Tagged Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | Leave a comment

CLASS OF 2013

Posted on September 27, 2013 by asknod

Ladies and Gentlemen, I proudly present to you the class of 2013-an eclectic bunch to be sure. Stretch (left, below) was elected class valedictorian and Chubby was voted most likely to be eaten first.