Tag Archives: Service Connection

VA RESUMES “NORMAL” OPERATIONS

Posted on October 19, 2013 by asknod

Member Randy sends in this redundancy. If VA isn’t doing their job by adjudicating our claims in an expeditious manner as mandated by Congress, why would announcing that they are returning to “normal” fill us with joy and gratitude? While some … Continue reading →

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CAVC–KY v. SHINSEKI–REDUCING RATINGS FOR FUN AND PROFIT

Posted on October 17, 2013 by asknod

In what many Court watchers fear may be a VA-wide crackdown on Veterans, the CAVC affirmed a rating reduction based on medications used to control the problem. As with most sensitive cases, the name of the Veteran was redacted to … Continue reading →

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C-Span link to Sec. Shinseki’s testimony

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Laura

Thanks to reader Steve W. who shared this information. I haven’t watched it yet to comment. The blurb says In his opening statement, Sec. Shinseki told the committee that he would be unable to issue benefits checks on November 1, … Continue reading →

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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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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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FED. CIRCUS–COMER v. PEAKE(MD)–VSOS ARE NOT LAW DOGS

Posted on October 8, 2013 by asknod

“We also reject the government’s contention that the board had no duty to construe Comer’s appeal sympathetically because he had assistance from an aide from a veterans’ service organization. Although we have held that the duty to construe a … 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 →

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SOFOSBUVIR IN THE LEAD

Posted on September 29, 2013 by asknod

Just as I suspected, Gilead Science is going to be the big ticket winner in the race to kill the bug. Here’s an update on the field of competitors. The smart money says to buy some Gilead stock. I got … Continue reading →

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CNN: VA disability payments could stop if shutdown is long

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Laura

Yesterday I emailed our representative to protest his anti-Affordable Care Act position and the possible government shutdown. I pointed out that disabled veterans who were denied disability benefits (over 80%) are not eligible for VA health care if they are … Continue reading →

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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 →