Tag Archives: VA claims

Thanksgiving Gift From BVA

Posted on November 27, 2011 by asknod

I received my Season’s Greetings from the Board of Veterans Appeals on Friday. No drum rolls are in order. It was anticlimatic to say the least. Instead of a decision on my claim, they unceremoniously declined to advance my claim on the … Continue reading →

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Compensation % vs. $

Posted on November 23, 2011 by asknod

I was looking up the percentage for compensation for 50% today and noticed something that got me thinking. 100% is $2673.00/mo. for a single Vet. Now look at 90%. http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm The problem is glaring. A Vet totally disabled is just that, but … Continue reading →

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CAVC–McNAIR V. SHINSEKI–Presumption of Regularity

Posted on November 22, 2011 by asknod

This decision was just released yesterday or I just found it. Both are possible with my addled brain. The decision is important for only one reason- that it clarifies and in some ways redefines the presumption of regularity. VA pushed … Continue reading →

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AMVETS Extinct?

Posted on November 21, 2011 by asknod

When I was viewing the  BVA statistics in an earlier post the other day, I was struck by the abysmally small number of claims filed by the AMVETS. In the 90’s they were the go-to Vet’s VSO for filing claims. … Continue reading →

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WHO SPEAKS FOR THE TUNA?

Posted on November 21, 2011 by asknod

The other evening, after reading that Atlantic Blue Fin Tuna have way too much mercury in them and you shouldn’t eat a lot of tuna sandwiches in Boston, I got out a can of my tuna. With a sigh of … Continue reading →

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BVA Statistics

Posted on November 20, 2011 by asknod

I found this while roaming around. The fellow who posted it feels that VSOs are the way to go. He pointed out that the 39.9% of pro se claimants lost. Statistics are everything. Let’s look: We have 4,576 Vets who have chosen to represent … Continue reading →

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CAVC–Hall v Shinseki–SJD–Unverifiable Evidence

Posted on November 19, 2011 by asknod

One has to hand it to Mr. Milton L. Hall. He represented himself before the Court in a single Judge disposition pro se– no small feat for someone who isn’t a legal beagle. That he fights them to a draw and … Continue reading →

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9th FED. CIRCUS TO DO EN BANC ON VCS V. SHINSEKI

Posted on November 18, 2011 by asknod

Back in May, I wrote about this seminal decision  VCS v. Shinseki wondering how long it would be before a) this was granted en banc reconsideration or b) it was appealed up to the Supremes. Yesterday the 9th Fed. Cir. … Continue reading →

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SHOW ME DA MONEY

Posted on November 17, 2011 by asknod

I read a thread with a number of posts on another Veteran’s Web Site several days ago. It concerned who knows what to begin with, but had degenerated into a sub discussion which had been hijacked from there. One of … Continue reading →

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Ping Golf Clubs and Vets

Posted on November 16, 2011 by asknod

I think this is something of which all Americans should be aware.       This isn’t a joke or cartoon; just something interesting to know … you may want to forward this on to others.      “On Monday, I played the Disney, Lake Buena Vista course.  As … Continue reading →

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