Tag Archives: VA claims

SERVICE DOGS IN VA PTSD CASES

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.

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

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

  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

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?

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”

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

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CAVC–MAUGHAN V. SHINSEKI–ANY OLD DOC THAT YOU THINK WILL DO

The following case illustrates what a lot of you who file for HCV are encountering. It also exhibits a large amount of chutzpah on the VA’s and the BVA’s part about what they think constitutes justice. Many of us wait … Continue reading

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VA–DEFINE SUICIDE, PLEASE.

Jamie Reno, the biggest little journalist from down south, continues to excavate some good chowder for consumption. His latest here, found in the International Business Times, is a scathing indictment of the VA’s propensity to shoot the whistleblowers-or- if more … Continue reading

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BVA– NEW 2014 DECISIONS ARE OUT

As usual, the BVA has released their new, early 2014 decisions without creating a new “2014” category folder for them. They appear in the 2013 box and will be sorted out and segregated later. Additionally, they released some of their … Continue reading

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