Tag Archives: Service Connection

CAVC–BIRTH OF A WRIT–ACT 1 SCENE 4–TROOPS IN CONTACT

PITA 26, CRICKET   Roger CRICKET, 26 over. 26, I have a Tango India Charlie at Victor Alpha. Repeat Tango India Charlie at Victor Alpha. Meet Nail 21 on 118.9.  I have three fast movers incoming your Vermin Avenue NW frag … Continue reading →

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VSOs NOW CHARGING FOR SERVICES

Apparently, in a new development for Veterans, VSOs everywhere have instituted a new policy of charging Veterans and their widows for help in getting service connection. The Battle Creek Enquirer, in what appears to be the scoop of the century, … Continue reading →

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CAVC– BIRTH OF A WRIT ACT 1 SCENE 3 -CLEARED IN HOT

PITA 26¹ calls white smoke on target designator VBASEAT. Postal 21 come left to 915 2nd Avenue- target is Floor 11-repeat floor 1-1. Confirm over. Roger PITA 26- 21 confirms Willie Peter on 1-1. Turning on 2nd Avenue. Time to target is 30 seconds. … Continue reading →

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CAVC– BIRTH OF A WRIT– ACT I, SCENE 2 FAIR IS FOUL

Remember that lovely scene in Act 4 S 1? Allow me to transpose it back to Act 1, Scene 2 . The Writ is born and airborne. But the effort and the pace for the last two weeks since the … Continue reading →

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2014 treatment guidance to VA providers of patients with extra-hepatic HCV disorders

Providers are told that in cases where there is no “significant extra-hepatic disease” treatment can be deferred.  But they are told NOT to delay treatment, even with mild liver disease, when these are present (Table 12–scroll down). These are the … Continue reading →

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The Phoenix VA Whistle-blowers

Physical courage — something you find on athletic fields, for example — is very common, but moral courage is not. It is not easy to stand up for what is right when that might mean losing one’s job, one’s family … Continue reading →

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FOOTLOCKER–NEW YEAR’S DAY 1971

I ran into a case of these at the Air Am Air Operations Center on New Year’s Day at Udorn and gave the warehouse dude a case of Marb reds  for one. For the record, at 17¢ a pack, that … Continue reading →

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Prejudicial Title: The Vietnam drug user returns; final report, September 1973

To the best of my knowledge, Vietnam veterans have been the victims of the largest outbreak of HCV in the United States to date.  The largest cohort was born in 1954. We know that there are many transmission routes in … Continue reading →

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El Paso VA (EPVAHCS): OIG Healthcare Inspection (VISN 18)

This part of the country is on my bucket list of places I want to visit some day because the   scenery looks spectacular.  However veterans in the region have a tough time accessing VA health services and their complaints … Continue reading →

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VET HUMOR–CHRISTMAS RAILROAD TRACKS

Filed by our senior East coast editor-in-chief, dustoff Bruce comes up once again with the quintessential humor we associate with a lifer. You have to serve at least twenty years to witness every eventuality. I rate this credible. I lived at Langley … Continue reading →

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