Tag Archives: Helping Veterans

BVA–WEIGHT WATCHERS

Posted on June 25, 2012 by asknod

FROM THE CITY OF RUST VARO My home town vARO is a piece of work. I am 4/15 on claims there and 2/7 on appeals via D.C. Obviously I think my claims have merit or I wouldn’t bother pursuing them. … Continue reading →

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SLEEPLESS IN PUEBLO

Posted on June 23, 2012 by asknod

Member Randy sent me this today and it burns me up for any number of reasons. We live in the greatest country on the planet and we cannot provide for our own. We ship boatloads of money overseas to Muslim … Continue reading →

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VARO CORRUPTION AGAIN

Posted on June 20, 2012 by asknod

What should my wondering eyes set upon in this morning’s fishwrap? Why, yet another diatribe about vA personnel scamming the system. Times are hard in this new economic dilemma we find ourselves in. Apparently it is breeding a new paradigm among … Continue reading →

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VA DOG AND PONY SHOW IN DETROIT JUNE 26-28

Posted on June 19, 2012 by asknod

This was just tweeted to me. It’s priceless. Wow. We can get instant access to everything–except a job. What kind of tobacco have they been smoking? Next thing they’ll be handing out prophylactics too. How about lollipops with “I’m a VA sucker” … Continue reading →

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CAVC–BRIA V. SHINSEKI–POOR NEXI ALL AROUND

Posted on June 19, 2012 by asknod

It’s rare to be able to go back and unearth the BVA decision that leads to the CAVC but I’m getting better at sleuthing these out. The dead giveaway is the  the date of the decision. That and the fact … Continue reading →

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Why OSC?

Posted on June 17, 2012 by joeaveragevet

Yesterday I published an article on an OSC poll.  About a third of you guessed that OSC was the “Office of Special Counsel”.   You were correct, but what has that got to do with anything? A  few weeks ago, … Continue reading →

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VA’s newest “homeless solution”: Smart Phone application?

Posted on June 12, 2012 by joeaveragevet

A few days ago, I pointed out that instead of paying out about 400 million in bonuses, the VA could instead award about 74,400 homeless Vets each a 40% disability rating.  Instead of paying homeless Vets, they propose to give them … Continue reading →

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VHA–GIT ‘ER DONE

Posted on June 12, 2012 by asknod

File this one under “We’re paddlin’ as fast as we can!” Member Randy sends us this from his sleuthing everywhere. Sometimes PR flacks tend to be too exuberant and overstate what they were given to disseminate to the mainstream media … Continue reading →

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BVA–LAST NEXUS STANDING

Posted on June 11, 2012 by asknod

Here’s a little trick we have noted over the years of reading decision after decision. On a vast majority of the claims for jet guns, most Vets, due to their unfamiliarity with the Caluza triangle (Hickson elements), submitted claims without nexus … Continue reading →

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PENSION FLIM-FLAMMING

Posted on June 11, 2012 by asknod

Giving credit where credit is due, member Shawn sends us this morsel. It’s a sore point with me and others where our Veterans assets are disbursed. This really hit home for me in 2010 when my wife’s father passed away. … Continue reading →

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