Tag Archives: Service Connection

VA’s Medical Foster Homes (MFH) Program

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Laura

Losing one’s independence due to disability is costly in many ways.  No one wants to end up in a nursing home and eating poor quality food.  The idea of living with strangers seems unpleasant but many aged are alone in … Continue reading →

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BVA–THIRD QUARTER DECISIONS ARE UP

Posted on October 20, 2013 by asknod

The third quarter release of BVA decisions are out as of this morning. Someone must be working overtime. We had hoped to see them by August 30th but we all know that the BVA is backed up and constipated just … Continue reading →

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$47,000 mechanical bull for Utah National Guard?

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Laura

AMVETS National Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Stew­art Hickey was ticked off. While the Depart­ment of Defense has money to call 350,000 employ­ees back to work, and buy a $47,000 mechan­i­cal bull, they don’t have the fund­ing for our fallen fam­i­lies…. This is such a trav­esty that … Continue reading →

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The big GI bill carrot, student veterans, and the shutdown

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Laura

Who are these veterans? Student Veterans of America (SVA) have a few facts up on their website.  They note that 47% have families, 85% are older than 25, and 27% are female.  My DS (dear son) is in the first … Continue reading →

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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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