Tag Archives: VA claims

FALL BVA DECISIONS ARE POSTED

Posted on November 30, 2012 by asknod

Red hot and the link works. All the late August, September, and some October BVA decisions are up on the boards today. Same sad story of Lions-5, Christians=0 in the BVA Colosseum  We didn’t expect any less. A few will win … Continue reading →

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BVA–CUSTER’S LAST STAND

Posted on November 28, 2012 by asknod

Dang. And I thought they were dragging their feet on my claim. Check this out. Major Reno’s great grandson files for Hep C in 1995. This assumes they didn’t take more than a year to deny from filing date. And … Continue reading →

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BVA– ROGER ON THE C-FILES

Posted on November 27, 2012 by asknod

We often read about our hanging at a BVA Board ruling weeks after it happens. It’s predictable and usually anti-climatic. Of the many I’ve read, this one stands out for its audacity in reporting what we all know. We always hear of … Continue reading →

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VA FY 2013 Budget mysteries

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Laura

I’ve spent too much time looking in the VA budget for the line item for grant payments to VSOs without success.  The VSOs serve under the VA’s Office of General Counsel as accredited partners and have read-only access to CAPRI … Continue reading →

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ILP–NOD ON GREENHOUSE

Posted on November 25, 2012 by asknod

WIN OR DIE True to my word on putting up a copy of my Greenhouse NOD, at fifteen pages this one is a  veritable Gutenberg bible. For those of you who are filing for the ILP or have lost, this will give … Continue reading →

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CAVC KNOWLEDGE–5–JMRs

Posted on November 24, 2012 by asknod

Sadly, some of this knowledge I am preparing to discuss seems to be on a “need to know” basis much like classified info. You’ll never hear it from VSOs which is peculiar. After all, they profess to have their ear … Continue reading →

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Military Veterans and Hepatitis C

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Laura

HCV advocacy group writer Terry Baker provides a 6-page chapter (22) about veterans in the book, Hepatitis C Choices (4th Ed.); it reiterates information discussed here with supporting charts and footnotes.   A major flaw in the chapter is its failure to … Continue reading →

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WHO IS THAT?

Posted on November 23, 2012 by asknod

Okay. Who is it coming in on the search engines with “Alien abduction of hepatitis children”? Or “eating feces”? There are several other bizarre things that search engines bring here. I posted several about alien abduction being a leading risk factor … Continue reading →

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VET SUES VA AND WINS OVER HCV

Posted on November 23, 2012 by asknod

How many times have you been told that HCV is not a “robust” virus? That it cannot be transmitted via sex or jetguns? That it’s highly improbable that any Veterans ever picked up this bug in service in spite of … Continue reading →

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DoD Vietnam interactive timeline

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Laura

Bookmark this link in your Vietnam research folder. This overview might be helpful in reconstructing when certain events happened during the Vietnam conflict and much  earlier.  The first contact between the US and Vietnam was in 1833. Use the arrows … Continue reading →

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