Tag Archives: VA claims

BVA–§1151 FOR INTERFERON TREATMENT

Posted on January 4, 2013 by asknod

FROM THE WE DON’T SMOKE POT IN MUSKOGEE VARO (YET). The Vet went into this one with eyes wide shut. Any attack on VA via an §1151 is going to be right up there with CUE. VA will have lawyers … Continue reading →

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BVA–CIRRHOSIS DUE TO ACETAMINOPHEN

Posted on January 4, 2013 by asknod

Trust the VA, of all agencies, to come up with the proposition that eating Tylenol is perfectly okay if you have a liver disease. The recipe for success lies no further away than the closest VAMC next door to a University with … Continue reading →

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BVA–HBV DUE TO COMBAT BLOOD EXPOSURE

Posted on January 4, 2013 by asknod

I love to read these. VA, in its haste to deny the Vet, sometimes forgets to read it’s own rules and regulations. They publish untold volumes of risk factor questionnaires but when it comes time to apply those assumptions, the VA examiner … Continue reading →

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BVA–WHY WE ALWAYS ADVOCATE APPEALING

Posted on January 4, 2013 by asknod

Here’s a classic that looked like it was heading for the willful misconduct waterfalls. Lo and behold, a true example of a “Benefit of the Doubt ” dance ensued and the Vet wins. I will note that this often happens when a … Continue reading →

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19,500 Vets die waiting on VA benefits…By the numbers.

Posted on January 3, 2013 by joeaveragevet

“Delay, Deny, Wait till the Veteran dies” is not just a VA slogan any more.    The number of Veterans who die waiting on VA to process their benefit application has tripled, according to this San Francisco Chronicle article.   It … Continue reading →

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THE PERFECT STORM–AGAIN

Posted on January 3, 2013 by asknod

Squidster sent me this disturbing article tonight. It brings back so many memories of friends who decided they couldn’t hack it back in the 70s and punched out. Sadly, we have the perfect storm once again brewing in Iraqistan. Soldiers … Continue reading →

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Where did your VSO come from?

Posted on January 3, 2013 by joeaveragevet

Most VSO’s are chartered by Congress.  (You should know you are in trouble if it has anything to do with congress.  I am still smarting from the fiscal cliff, and not sure we have not fallen off it yet) According … Continue reading →

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BVA–GENO 2B & KOREA SERVICE

Posted on January 2, 2013 by asknod

Here’s another classic example of a Vet with service in Korea coming home with HCV genotype 2B. This was very prevalent and one of the signatures of HCV there at that time (pre-1990). Here, it occurred between 1952-54. A February … Continue reading →

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BVA–OKAY. I GIVE UP. WHICH HEP WAS/IS IT?

Posted on January 2, 2013 by asknod

FROM THE FILES OF THE DREW CAREY MEMORIAL VARO   This is one of those priceless “which hep is on first?” decisions that had to end in a remand to keep the room from spinning.  Joebob Vet has a problem here … Continue reading →

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HCVets June 9-16, 2013 gathering in Indiana

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Laura

HCVets is such a wonderful resource.  They are organizing a (non-profit) net-working retreat for veterans called “HugFest 2013.”   Housing is in private rooms in two large riverfront cabins.   There is a food fund but I don’t know if … Continue reading →

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