Tag Archives: VA claims

COVA–FUGO V. BROWN–SHOW ME THE CUE

Posted on September 7, 2012 by asknod

I should have written this one up several years ago and for that I apologize. Fugo is an interesting case where the Vet attempts to raise CUE but isn’t quite sure what he’s up to. In his bumbling efforts, he compounds his … Continue reading →

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CUE AT THE CAVC-YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN STUPID

Posted on September 6, 2012 by asknod

Presenting a CUE claim to the RO should not have to be as dramatic as Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses to the front door of the Church in Wittenberg. However, when pursuing a claim of this magnitude, a Vet … Continue reading →

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Vietnam War books

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Laura

I came across a blog, Books in Brief, that publicizes books that deal with the Vietnam War and Vietnam veterans only.  If you like memoirs, this is a good place to get suggestions.  Most library systems can get you these … Continue reading →

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Tropical foot rot

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Laura

It’s funny what one remembers.  My DH developed a painful infection on his right foot in Vietnam.  He said it was from wet feet.  He remembers that a corpsman cleaned it with soap and water, then used a “peanut-shaped” bristle … Continue reading →

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MORE REAL MAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS 68 YEARS LATER

Posted on September 4, 2012 by asknod

Mouthpiece Bobster forwards me these intriguing vignettes of Real Men. A Marine he represents from the 1st Marine Ret., 1st Marine Division, who survived the Battle of Okinawa as a BAR man in 1945 just got his TDIU. (sixtyeight years later) A … Continue reading →

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STARDUSTRADIO COMPUTERS DOWN

Posted on September 2, 2012 by asknod

The Firebase Adrian  Show has been scrubbed due to the station’s computer being down. Sorry if any of you were making guacamole and chips and icing the lemonade. Bummer. Drew Carey isn’t even on. We’ve been moved to the sixteenth at the … Continue reading →

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VA welcomes Student Vets to the hamster wheel.

Posted on September 2, 2012 by joeaveragevet

Just when we thought it could not get any worse, with the Veterans disability claim backlog approaching one million, the VA figures out another method to make it still worse for Vets. No, I did not think it could get … Continue reading →

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CHRONOLOGY TIMELINE

Posted on September 1, 2012 by asknod

As promised, I will continue to bore you to tears with the ongoing saga of attempting to summit Mt. CAVC. The latest chapter is my attorney’s request to assemble a timeline of my life. You read that right. All the … Continue reading →

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VA solves backlog problem before election

Posted on August 29, 2012 by joeaveragevet

Yep.  They did it, after all.   The VA now has an answer to how to solve the backlog problem. No long analysis needed.  It works. So, how do you get a quicker wait time?   One word. MOVE That’s … Continue reading →

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CAVC–TYRUES v SHINSEKI- PART TROIS?

Posted on August 28, 2012 by asknod

Welcome to Larry’s ping pong game. Larry’s been playing this one since 1998. He lost here back in 2009 and took it upstairs to the FED Circus. They piddled around with it and got into a big diatribe about the Henderson concept of … Continue reading →

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