Tag Archives: Service Connection

SPRING–THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

Posted on April 6, 2014 by asknod

I apologize for my absence. I have been birthdaying, April Fooling, and repotting over one hundred-odd tomato plants. In addition, I have been selling them to benefit our local, non-aligned Veterans Services Organization- KPVeterans– or Key Peninsula Vets as we … Continue reading →

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VA SEARCHES FOR DISGRACED GENERAL TO HEAD HR

Posted on March 25, 2014 by asknod

After the public relations disaster in Orlando with the VA Human Resources’ cheese and wine tasting/ Karaoke extravaganza last year, VA has been hardpressed to find a suitable replacement that is reprehensible. Fortunately for them, they have the old boy … Continue reading →

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VA WIN TO SSI WIN NOT A GIMME

Posted on March 25, 2014 by asknod

Okay. We have a lot of guys who come here with a shiny new VA 100% or TDIU compensation rating. They all say “What’s next, Nod?” My rejoinder is to admonish them that the SSI/SSD is a different animal and … Continue reading →

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SERVICE DOGS IN VA PTSD CASES

Posted on March 19, 2014 by asknod

You folks with bent brain syndrome who desire a good service/comfort dog may want to investigate this avenue. Hell, you don’t need to have scrambled eggs upstairs to need one. They are great to talk about the meaning of life … Continue reading →

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AMLEG RELEASES VA BACKLOG REPORT.

Posted on March 18, 2014 by asknod

Well, gee. No big surprises here other than that the AmLeg Folks were dumbfounded that the backlog was like a plugged up toilet and starting to smell bad. Trust them there VSOs to get to bottom of it-after fifty years. … Continue reading →

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VAMC– SOVALDI RECON

Posted on March 18, 2014 by asknod

Knowing it’s no fun to be blindsided by medical unavailability, I decided to be the point man, take the 77E and move out ahead. What I found at my VA Medical Center is cause for immense concern. VAMCs have been … Continue reading →

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MAKING AO PRESUMPTIVE FOR THAILAND

Posted on March 11, 2014 by asknod

Trust another Zoomie to come up with a better way to skin a cat. Meet Member Karen- formerly of the Zoomer profession herself- and married to a Thailand groundpounder with all kinds of Orange Fertilizer problems. Karen has cut … Continue reading →

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GENTLEMEN, START YOUR TOMATOES

Posted on March 6, 2014 by asknod

It’s that magic time of the year again. Flowers are poppin’ and spring is springin’. Cupcake said I may have planted a few too many tomatoes. I’m sure my three neighbors want some. Funny thing is when you get them … Continue reading →

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WILL VA ATTAIN 125 DAY/98% ACCURACY BY 2015?

Posted on March 5, 2014 by asknod

Open voting. No cookies. No sign in. No track back. Please be honest. It will let you vote more than once because I don’t want it to be a “in order to vote you will have to register or sign … Continue reading →

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CAVC–PEOPLES V. SHINSEKI–“DEXEDRINE? SORRY, WE DON’T SEE IT”

Posted on March 4, 2014 by asknod

Once again we venture into reversal land at the CAVC. This is my pet subject. It allows us to minutely examine BVA jurisprudence and see where they saddled up the horse called Illogical and rode out onto the fruited plain … Continue reading →