Tag Archives: VA claims

BVA–YEAH.IT’S NEW BUT IS IT MATERIAL?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by asknod

Here’s something I can’t seem to enunciate enough to Vets. I have an email from Ralph who is condemned to the St. Pete’s RO and Funhouse of Mirrors. He’s in his fourth year of combat with the VA (second reopening) … Continue reading →

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PENDING CLAIMS DOCTRINE

Posted on December 9, 2012 by asknod

Several of you have emailed me concerning the effective date of your claims. There seems to be a lot of misinformation about this. I received an interesting article put out by several “scholars” at VA, or perhaps quoted by VA, on the … Continue reading →

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NO GOATS OR DONKEYS HARMED IN THIS ENCOUNTER

Posted on December 8, 2012 by asknod

Member Jim sends us this latest in the War on Terror. Brings back memories of FAC missions over the fence. We engaged vehicles for the most part but troops were fair game too. Sometimes we forget how these experiences can … Continue reading →

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CAVC KNOWLEDGE 6–THEORY OF RELATIVITY

Posted on December 7, 2012 by asknod

When you get to the CAVC and you are preparing your defense, the proper thing do is to express every theory of service connection-anything- no matter how far-fetched. It should only be theories advanced in your BVA appeal which behooves … Continue reading →

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VARO–VINDICTIVE? NAW. JUST DOING OUR JOB

Posted on December 3, 2012 by asknod

This one will curl your hair. Imagine being protected by a five year old rating. Well, protected inasmuch as you know it’s not getting better. Now, compound that to within a few short months of being protected forever at 20 … Continue reading →

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BVA–STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES

Posted on December 3, 2012 by asknod

Who’s dumber? The Vet who eats rat poison for almost a year and goes blind or the VAMC who should have cut him off after six months? Regardless, the damage is done. It reads a lot like my problems list. … Continue reading →

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BVA–LOUISVILLE SLUGGER

Posted on December 2, 2012 by asknod

Either I’m becoming jaded or the BVA is getting soft on the Kentucky Vets with HCV. This is about the fourth one where the Vet must have had a CMOH to get this kind of consideration. Vets by now are … Continue reading →

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BVA– WELL, ACTUALLY IT WAS THE PNEUMONIA

Posted on December 2, 2012 by asknod

I guess Johnny Alabama wasn’t expecting vA to actually go back and look at his hospitalization records. Surprise! Lookit here. It says that it wasn’t for HCV but actually pneumonia. Can anyone explain this disparity? Johnny finally came clean at the … Continue reading →

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Merck’s “Tune into Hep C” ad campaign in AMVET magazine

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Laura

My DH picked up an American Veteran magazine (Fall 2012) at a VA Clinic. He pointed out a full-page ad for “Tune into Hep C” inside. Celebs Greg Allman and Natalie Cole are the website‘s official spokespersons. I … Continue reading →

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BVA- JETGUN WIN FROM NEWARK

Posted on December 1, 2012 by asknod

Here’s a relatively clean jetgun decision with a side of shared razors. It’s not the first time the VVA has done a bang up job on this. I see the Vet was smart enough to get a hall pass from … Continue reading →