Tag Archives: Korean War Vets Help

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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ANOTHER VA SECURITY BREACH

If you haven’t heard yet, the VA has once again stepped on their collective necktie. When not busy leaving expensive laptops in plain view in vehicles in high-crime areas, they now have been busted for all but printing out our … 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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FACE HUMOR AGAIN

Time life is coming out with their new book on Teaching Your Old Cat New Tricks. You probably don’t want to miss this one. Hundreds of new ways to get Fluffy to dance and even retrieve like a Labrador. A … 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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ILP GREENHOUSE UPDATE

Here’s the latest from CBS. VA Vocation Rehabilitation Counselor tells Veteran to man up and heat his own greenhouses. Veteran, In vain attempt to protect what’s left of his liver and keep organic food on the table, enlists help of local … Continue reading

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GEN. MOSES & THE PONTOON BRIDGE

From the seasonally festive Battle Creek Law Offices of Law Bob Courtpants comes this endearing Army version of the story. I had no idea. It’s from a former Airborne weenie, so you have to take it with a grain a … Continue reading

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