Tag Archives: News from vA

HIV/HEPATITIS QUERI STRATEGIC PLAN (2010)

Posted on April 25, 2012 by asknod

Here’s something that will entertain you. VA longs to identify us HIV/HCV Vets and give us all the care we need to overcome or learn to live with this dragon. Holy shit, Batman. Wasn’t it just a short time ago … Continue reading →

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DVNF– WHO?

Posted on April 21, 2012 by asknod

DVNF. Just when you had all the Veterans outfits cataloged and tagged, out come a new one. What’s more, they are VA’s biggest fan. Check out this delicious news release where they positively gush over what a suuuuuuuuuuper job VA is doing for … Continue reading →

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VA– We’re Fixing It.

Posted on April 21, 2012 by asknod

This is the actual gist of what Mr. Murphy said at the House Veterans Committee the other day. I must hand it to VA. It was said by none other than Samuel Clemons (Mark Twain) a mistruth could make it half way … Continue reading →

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VAfeasance

Posted on April 18, 2012 by asknod

To coin a new term, I have chosen a contraction of VA and misfeasance. Alternately, it could be malfeasance. The jury is apparently still out until the cover up is completed. Our erstwhile Joe Vet, ever the sleuth extraordinaire, found … Continue reading →

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MSM “DISCOVERS” VA PROBLEM

Posted on April 18, 2012 by asknod

This just in. The New York Times, in a major scoop on its competitors Sunday, unfurled a banner story about an apparent backlog of claims at the VA. It was even reported that the Oakland and Seattle Regional Offices were … Continue reading →

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VA News Release– And Now For Something Entirely Different…

Posted on April 17, 2012 by asknod

Eagle-eyed Joe (average) Vet just sent me this today. It’s priceless. Remember Chevy Chase from SNL doing the newscast with Jane Curtin?  “And now, for something entirely different- today the VA announced that they absolutely, positively, without any more ado, … Continue reading →

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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Posted on April 14, 2012 by asknod

I’m sure you’re all familiar with that instructional bit of wisdom. Now supplant VASEC (the VA Secretary) as the young boy and VA’s interminable backlog as the putative wolf.  Our “boy” keeps  crying that the backlog will subside like the … Continue reading →

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BRAINWASHING-VA STYLE

Posted on April 12, 2012 by asknod

I read this this morning and blew coffee through my nose. Then I read through the comments. Nine comments document what I write about to a T and every tenth one looks like it was ghost-written by a VA employee.  The comments … Continue reading →

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REQUIRED READING FOR NEXUS

Posted on April 9, 2012 by asknod

Anyone even contemplating representing themselves would be a fool not to read every word of this document from the Veterans Law Review. It has everything at your fingertips for arguing down VA’s “nexus” successfully. That VARO examiners/adjudicators regularly subvert the … Continue reading →

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VA HEARING IN SENATE TODAY

Posted on March 29, 2012 by asknod

Well hooooo, doggies. Sen. Patty finally had her hearing for a couple of new judges at the Court this morning. Margaret Bartley and Coral Wong Pietsch finally got their Dog and Pony Show at the Bigtop. This was long overdue. … Continue reading →

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