Tag Archives: Service Connection

50 YEARS AGO

Posted on May 31, 2013 by asknod

Fifty years ago or thereabouts, a lot who read these words were asked what they could do for their country rather than the obverse. I now wish to restate that. I think everyone misheard it and disremember it.

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VA FAILING TO TREAT HCV VETS

Posted on May 31, 2013 by asknod

Patricia sent me this and it should be required reading for any one of you who served between 1959 and 1989. Hell, even if you got poked with a jetgun up to 1998 when they pulled them, you’re in danger. … Continue reading →

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CAVC– EXTRAORDINARY WRITS DO WORK.

Posted on May 28, 2013 by asknod

In spite of all you have been told by those oh-so-knowledgeable VSOs, you can kick ass and take names at the CAVC with a petition for a Writ of Mandamus. If you’re dirt poor and aren’t getting any respect, you get a bye … Continue reading →

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BVA- DEATH BY REMAND

Posted on May 28, 2013 by asknod

JUSTICE DELAYED IS NOT ALWAYS JUSTICE DENIED (JUST MOST OF THE TIME) I like this one. Not because the Vet died. That I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I like this because it illustrates how being patient with the VA and … Continue reading →

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MARINE VET’S HUMOR

Posted on May 28, 2013 by asknod

I wonder if Marines have an identity crisis. I mean  which is it? Are you an inferior member of the Navy or a stand alone? Marines, as a group, are not who I’d want to get into a disagreement with after … Continue reading →

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KC’S MOST EXCELLENT WIN (#38)

Posted on May 28, 2013 by asknod

As promised several weeks ago, here is KC’s win. He and I have been in touch for several years and soon discovered we’re nigh on to being related by marriage. His ancestral haunts are less than 20 miles from Casa … Continue reading →

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THE ELITE 7% CLUB

Posted on May 25, 2013 by asknod

Every year on this auspicious holiday for our fallen, I hear the lament of how commercialized it has become. Lost in the shuffle of countless sales events nationwide, is the concept of serving one’s country. Memorial Day is confused with … Continue reading →

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Kudos for the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Laura

As another Memorial Day approaches, I am glad to see that this group is again including deceased Vietnam Veterans who died as a result of the war from AO, HCV and other physical and emotional wounds.  (Last year’s post..) If … Continue reading →

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HUGFEST 2013–16 WAKEUPS

Posted on May 23, 2013 by asknod

Dang I’m so short I have to climb up on top of my tennis shoes to tie my shoelaces.

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HORSETRADING AT THE DRO CORRAL

Posted on May 23, 2013 by asknod

No sooner following its incestuous birth and surreptitious  inauguration,  the brand new (for those of you in St. Petersburg) VA Form 21-0958 NOD (Notice Of Disagreement) is generating friction with attorneys for Veterans. And well it should. Nicknamed the Notice Of Desire … Continue reading →

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