Tag Archives: VA PABLUM

VA ID CARDS

Interesting. I get a hit every three or four days on the search engine where someone asks (I don’t know who) what “service connected” means on their VA identification card. As an example, I will include mine here. If you … Continue reading

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VA–A NEW CULTURE OF TRANSPARENCY

I always get a bang out of vA press releases. In this instance, it sounds so noble and altruistic. Always the the jerk who looks at the underbelly of the beast, I examine it from the pre-transparency era. In other … Continue reading

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HIV/HEPATITIS QUERI STRATEGIC PLAN (2010)

Here’s something that will entertain you. VA longs to identify us HIV/HCV Vets and give us all the care we need to overcome or learn to live with this dragon. Holy shit, Batman. Wasn’t it just a short time ago … Continue reading

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BVA–Worthless VA Medical Opinions

As I get older, I read BVA HCV decisions and see errors so egregious they make my hair stand on end. What passes for Independent Medical Opinions requested by BVA VLJs to facilitate adjudications is going downhill rapidly. The following … Continue reading

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VSOs–Their Role In Your Claim

Yesterday the House Veterans Affairs Committee got together for a martini and Morel mushrooms on  toastpoints après dejuner thing. Oh, and yes- they did discuss Veterans. I attach the link to the moaners and groaners. After the GSA debacle, I … Continue reading

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VA News Release– And Now For Something Entirely Different…

Eagle-eyed Joe (average) Vet just sent me this today. It’s priceless. Remember Chevy Chase from SNL doing the newscast with Jane Curtin?  “And now, for something entirely different- today the VA announced that they absolutely, positively, without any more ado, … Continue reading

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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

I’m sure you’re all familiar with that instructional bit of wisdom. Now supplant VASEC (the VA Secretary) as the young boy and VA’s interminable backlog as the putative wolf.  Our “boy” keeps  crying that the backlog will subside like the … Continue reading

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BRAINWASHING-VA STYLE

I read this this morning and blew coffee through my nose. Then I read through the comments. Nine comments document what I write about to a T and every tenth one looks like it was ghost-written by a VA employee.  The comments … Continue reading

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Squidly’s HCV SSOC

Squid sent this over today. My, what a fine piece of judicial work. Although Squidly was waiting for his nexus letter to arrive, I counseled him to get this on the road to D.C. via a Board hearing. We both … Continue reading

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Who Speaks for the Tuna?

There are many voices in America and the world. The SPCA, PAWS, The Sierra Club, Greenpeace and more. I could go on forever. There are specialized groups who advocate for Dolphins, Sea Turtles, HIV and people with six fingers. Until … Continue reading

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