Tag Archives: VA claims

BVA–A Well-Reasoned Jet Gun Win

Posted on October 12, 2011 by asknod

Over the years we have noticed a small coterie of very successful lawyers who take on Hep. cases and win them with seeming ease. Virginia Girard-Brady is one. Here, she demonstrates that even in a pool full of VA law … Continue reading →

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DRO– Bait & Switch Ploy

Posted on October 10, 2011 by asknod

Here is an interesting contretemps. You finally get rated for, let’s say, DM2 and they give you 10%.  What would you think if you applied for PN secondary to the DM2 and they whacked your DM down to 0% and … Continue reading →

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Fed. Cir.–Bond v. Shinseki 2011

Posted on October 8, 2011 by asknod

Obtaining justice for Vets or watching others do the same is what keeps me alive. There are several lawyers who are unarguably adept at this. Two from Kansas of all places, are the masters of the VA judicial universe. I refer … Continue reading →

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38 CFR §4.14–The Dreaded Pyramiding Regulation

Posted on October 8, 2011 by asknod

I had a phone call from a member who lives near us last night (Peter aka Menalteed). He was having trouble navigating this new site looking for an old post that discusses the inequities of DC 7354  (HCV) and DC … Continue reading →

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BVA– Process of Elimination

Posted on October 7, 2011 by asknod

Here’s a recent decision that involves a novel approach. I’m sure the Veteran thought he was much better educated than his SO and therefore this approach was a winner. I would have loved to have been a fly on the … Continue reading →

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Lars S.

Posted on October 7, 2011 by asknod

Lars S. was the quintessential Veteran of the Vietnam war conflict. He was a distinguished member of the long grey line. That’s a euphemism for a West Point graduate. He was in it for the long term as a profession. He was … Continue reading →

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VA Budget for Homeless Vets

Posted on October 6, 2011 by asknod

Everyone who knows me is aware of my propensity to digest numbers and discover aberrant results. I saw this on Veterans today as a tweet. http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/10/05/secretary-shinseki-announces-an-additional-10-3-million-to-help-eliminate-veterans-homelessness/ Extrapolating by adding 59.5 Million dollars to the new authorization of 10. 3 Million dollars yields … Continue reading →

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BVA– Bipolar +IVDU= HCV SC

Posted on October 5, 2011 by asknod

I keep hearing about these and finally found one. This is a 2011 decision and shows the misogynist reasoning need to arrive at this. I have heard of this with PTSD but not  the Bipolar route. Check out the “at least as … Continue reading →

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BVA– Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

Posted on October 3, 2011 by asknod

Every once in a while you run across a decision that compels you to read all the way through just to find out why (absent the perennial drug accusations) a Veteran loses something that ultimately is winnable. We here at … Continue reading →

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VA Theory of Odds of Getting Hep.

Posted on October 2, 2011 by asknod

VA has assigned a brand new sliding scale of the odds of getting Hepatitis C and what each ratio is. I had no idea they went into such detailed scientific research to obtain this.  This is utterly mind-boggling. >Intravenous drug … Continue reading →

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