Tag Archives: Service Connection

FED. CIR.–CARTER v McDONALD–SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE SGT. CARTER!

Posted on August 24, 2015 by asknod

It is said sarcasm is hard to detect in internet postings. So hard, in fact, that over 60% of it goes right over the head of the intended recipients. How sad. Sarcasm is my forte. It’s my raison d’etre in … Continue reading →

Posted in CAVC Knowledge, Equitable tolling, Fed. Cir. & Supreme Ct., Lawyering Up, VA Attorneys | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Fed. Circuit Carter v McDonald, Gulf War Claims Help, HCV Veterans, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 1 Comment

THE GOOD HUMOR MAN AT TAN SON NHUT AB

Posted on August 20, 2015 by asknod

Recently, I wrote about an irate Vet who went off on me re PTSD. In that post, I implied something I wish to clarify. While I have only met, for the most part, combat Vets who have been severely affected … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, PTSD, Vietnam Disease Issues, Vietnam War history | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, PTSD, Service Connection, VA claims, vA CLAIMS FOR PTSD, Veterans Benefits, Vietnam PTSD, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help., war mementos | 12 Comments

ILP– SILVER QUEEN IN 100 DAYS

Posted on August 19, 2015 by asknod

Every year in late summer, Cupcake and I eagerly await the birth of a new corn crop. As some of you know, Leigh Birch, one of our latest VA Lotto winners sends me the magic seeds to plant. With our unusually … Continue reading →

Posted in Food for the soul, Independent Living Program, VR&E | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, vA CLAIMS FOR PTSD, VA HCV Claims Help, VA Independent Living Program, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 1 Comment

PTSD CLAIMS–WHOA UP THERE, PARDNER

Posted on August 14, 2015 by asknod

Cupcake would probably tell me not to post anything as contentious as this as it rivals politics and religion as the third rail in conversation these days. However, she pointed out one thing I concede grudgingly. When you sign up, … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, Food for thought, Gulf War Issues, PTSD, TBI | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War PTSD, Gulf War PTSD Claims, Gulf War Vets, Gulf War Vets Help, HCV, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, PTSD, Service Connection, VA claims, vA CLAIMS FOR PTSD, VA Medical Care, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 10 Comments

BVA–LATEST BOARD HEARING TRANSCRIPT

Posted on August 10, 2015 by asknod

Saturday morning I received my BVA travel Board hearing transcript. I mistakenly thought it was the Smooth Tan One, or what they affectionately call the Big Brown Envelope (BBE) over at Hadit.com and sat staring at it for several minutes. After … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, HCV Decisions, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Service Connection, VA claims, vA claims for PCT, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 3 Comments

AGENT ORANGE–THE NAKED TRUTH

Posted on August 10, 2015 by asknod

It’s not often you get to see archival footage of contemporary events from the Vietnam Boundary dispute. One notable event, the dispersion of Agent Orange, is often depicted as being a process akin to crop spraying with C-123s. This footage … Continue reading →

Posted in AO, Porphyria Cutanea Tarda, Vietnam Disease Issues, Vietnam War history | Tagged Agent Orange, ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, HCV, HCV Health Tips, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Service Connection, VA claims, vA claims for diabetes, vA claims for PCT, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 3 Comments

AGENT ORANGE SURVEY–PROPUBLICA

Posted on August 8, 2015 by asknod

Here’s an important tool in uncovering VA’s delay and deny subterfuge on Agent Orange. As most of you know, VA is fond of telling us we weren’t there in Vietnam. Failing that, we were transitory and really had no true … Continue reading →

Posted in AO, Food for thought, Medical News, Porphyria Cutanea Tarda, Thailand AO presumptive path, Vietnam Disease Issues | Tagged Agent Orange, ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, HCV Veterans, HCVETS, Help with vA Claims, Help with vA HCV Claims., Helping Veterans, Korean War Vets Help, Propublica Agent Orange Survey, Service Connection, VA claims, VA HCV Claims Help, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 1 Comment

VA–NEW 21-0960P-4 –BENT BRAIN INVENTORY

Posted on August 7, 2015 by asknod

VA is fond of artifices. VA forms are such. Here is a lovely example that proposes to collect and collate a PTSD folder for knowledgeable souls in aid of their medical profession. One will promptly notice there is no summary section … Continue reading →

Posted in PTSD, VA Health Care, VA Medical Mysteries Explained, Veterans Law | Tagged ASKNOD BOOK, asknod.org, asknod@wordpress.com, Disabled Veteran, DIY vA Claims, Gulf War Claims Help, Gulf War PTSD, Gulf War PTSD Claims, Gulf War Vets, Gulf War Vets Help, Korean War Vets Help, News from vA, PTSD, Service Connection, VA claims, vA CLAIMS FOR PTSD, Veterans Benefits, Veterans claims help, Vietnam Veterans Claims Help. | 2 Comments

HADIT.COM–RADIO BROADCAST ON TDIU’S PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE

Posted on August 4, 2015 by asknod

Hadit uses Central Time so apparently you need to have another brewski and sit back for about another hour. The Blog outfit with the gear to do this is out of London. Only the British would choose Central as the … Continue reading →

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CAVC–WILSON v McDONALD-CHANGING WATER TO WINE

Posted on August 4, 2015 by asknod

As I pointed out several days ago, Mr. Billy E. Wilson’s travails at the BVA were nothing more than standard VA protocol. Distracting your “mark” by dragging in extraneous arguments and then not even addressing them is par for the … Continue reading →