Tag Archives: Helping Veterans

VSOs DON’T GET NO RESPECT

Posted on January 3, 2016 by asknod

Veterans Service Organization representative Carl Jenkins emails me this New Year’s morning to inform me that I don’t know very much about the process. Mr. Jenkins identifies with the Veterans Of Foreign Wars service organization he represents but neglects to identify which … Continue reading →

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COVA–MYLER V. DERWINSKI–RETAINED SHELL FRAGMENTS

Posted on January 1, 2016 by asknod

During the course of the last two years, most of you know we have been helping Butch Long in his quest for his medals and a truly compensable rating commensurate with his disability picture. It hasn’t been easy. Between the … Continue reading →

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Praise for a few old hepatitis researchers

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Laura

From the 1940s to 1960s, two types of hepatitis were known to researchers …infectious and serum. A third type was unknown. From the 1930’s and earlier, an assortment of names confused everyone. Old names for HBV included serum hepatitis, homologous … Continue reading →

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LZ CORK—-BUTCH’S INFERRED CLAIM

Posted on December 26, 2015 by asknod

What in the Sam Hill is an inferred claim? Who dreamed up that Fustercluck concept? I get more queries on that since the VA term became fashionable. Included in these Veterans’ follow-on sentences are usually phrases like “I think they done … Continue reading →

Posted in Inferred claims, Informal Claims, KP Veterans, Nexus Information, Tips and Tricks, VA Medical Mysteries Explained, Vietnam War history | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Service Connection, VA claims, VARO Information, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 9 Comments

LZ CORK–SUCCESS AFTER 46 YEARS

Posted on December 23, 2015 by asknod

Rarely do we get to enjoy Christmas cheer of this magnitude and so close to a day of such immense implications associated with the joy of giving and receiving. I am overjoyed to announce that after carefully building a well-constructed … Continue reading →

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LZ CORK–CHRISTMAS TIDINGS 2015

Posted on December 22, 2015 by asknod

LZ Corkgram– Hot news from the Key Peninsula is Butch Long got his Big Brown Envelope from VA today. I’ll be going down to his place tomorrow morning for coffee and champagne. He asked me to come down and decipher … Continue reading →

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1997 JETGUN STEERING GROUP LETTER

Posted on December 21, 2015 by asknod

Thanks to Nurse Silvia Price, we now have the document that categorically sealed the future fate of the jetguns. Oddly, it still took a while longer to pry the jetguns from the cold dead hands of the US Military who … Continue reading →

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BVA–WE DON’T NEED NO STINKIN’ BLOOD LABS

Posted on December 21, 2015 by asknod

With the amazing blood tests for liver diseases in this day and age, buttressed by liver biopsy showing age of the infection, there is simply no reason on earth for a BVA decision like the one I describe here. The only … Continue reading →

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CBS news report (12/1/15): most veterans denied HCV meds

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Laura

We have all read news stories about the difficulty veterans with active chronic HCV infection are having getting treated with Sovaldi at the VA. Some articles express a more reality-based report on the service-connected HCV outbreak among Vietnam veterans. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blood info, Congressional HCV info, Congressional Influence, Guest authors, HCV Risks (documented), transfusions and hepatitis, VA Health Care, Vietnam Disease Issues | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, HCV, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, Solvaldi, transfusions, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, VA Medical Care, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 14 Comments

BLOG TAWK RADIDIO WITH JERREL COOK

Posted on December 15, 2015 by asknod

Jerrel has graciously invited me over for another hour of radio chat on his favorite subject (and mine). If VA ever quit stepping on their necktie, we’d be out of subjects to discuss. Unfortunately, that’s about as likely as pigs … Continue reading →