Tag Archives: VA HCV Claims Help

BLOG TAWK RADIDIO WITH JERREL COOK

Jerrel has graciously invited me over for another hour of radio chat on his favorite subject (and mine). If VA ever quit stepping on their necktie, we’d be out of subjects to discuss. Unfortunately, that’s about as likely as pigs … Continue reading

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HADIT.COM RADIO SHOW ON THURSDAY PM

Jerrel Cook called me while I was swamping out the stalls this evening and preparing to feed the monsters. This threw everything into a tailspin. Cooper and Kona have food rules and they don’t cotton to me yakking it up … Continue reading

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ILP-HANG IN THERE. WE NEED GUIDANCE ON THIS. NOBODY EVER WON.

After waiting patiently now for over three months  for my Seattle VR&E minder, Kris Holloway, to push print on my greenhouse, I decided to call him up and rattle the ILP cage. True to form, he let it go onto Voicemail … Continue reading

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BAD NEWS FOR CUPCAKE

And the envelope please? I just received my results of the one-year HCV viral load and ultrasound for HCC. The bad news is Cupcake is stuck with me for eternity unless Agent Orange rears its ugly head. Attached below are … Continue reading

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ASKNOD NEW BOOK

I’ve received a few calls asking what I’m up to because many of you are not seeing the usual number of posts here. Relax. I’m writing my new book and completing what was unwritten after my last BVA hearing in … Continue reading

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VARO CHICAGO–JUST ANOTHER MANIC MONDAY

Did you ever wake up at 2 AM in the morning and become angry with VA? Or more precisely, what they were doing to another fellow Veteran? Several weeks ago, Cupcake and I attended a fundraiser for The Kitsap County … Continue reading

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BVA HCV CLAIMS FROM 1992-2015

Interesting statistics on HCV claims. Since record keeping began at the BVA in 1992, we can see the rise and fall of HCV claims which indicate a win, loss,  death, cure or giving up. It can mean no DIC. It … Continue reading

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JETGUNS DON’T KILL PEOPLE-BUT JUST IN CASE…

By now we’ve read about a gazillion articles about how guns don’t kill people. The problem is that sometimes people use guns to kill people. They also show a marked proclivity to use bathtubs, 2X4s, knives, cars and a plethora … Continue reading

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CAVC–MITCHELL v McDONALD–THE NEVER-ENDING BERAUD REDUX

Ever since the Bond v. Shinseki dustup that had to travel to the Fed. Circus for clarification, we see the VA’s continued intransigence toward the concept of new evidence submitted in that golden window either with the NOD or within the … Continue reading

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BVA–WE FIRED OUR GUNS AND THE GOOKS KEPT A’COMIN’

From the Johnny Cash Memorial  VARO in New Orleans, Louisiana Every once in a while you read a decision and you ask yourself “What was this Vet thinking?”  Trying to blow bubbles about your service is all well and fine, … Continue reading

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