Tag Archives: Veterans Benefits

INVASION OF THE RASPBERRY SNATCHERS

It’s a great title for a movie but I can’t get anyone over to pick them. You have no idea of the number of raspberries harmed in the production of this 10 lb. pile. Time to call the egg lady. … Continue reading

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READER INPUT

This just in from Bruce Almighty, our Resident ILP specialist in Georgia. Here is an email sent​ by Larry McGrorty to Clarence Page, of the Chicago​ ​Tribune, after an article Page published concerning a name change for the Washington Redskins. Dear Mr. … Continue reading

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eBENEFITS–SO SIMPLE A CAVEMAN CAN DO IT

Remember USB Allison “in Wonderland” Hickey’s famous rejoinder to Congress back in 2013? Paraphrased, it could be summed up thusly: “As simple as filing taxes online and a way to whittle down the claims backlog“. Whew, doggies.  Considering the claims backlog just hit two … Continue reading

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VASEC–PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF

I have refrained from writing about the shakeup at 810 Vermin Ave. NW in hopes of reading them bones more closely. Sure enough, the rats are jumping ship with the sage premonition that the USS Veterans Affairs is in mortal … Continue reading

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ILP REPORT– SUMMER 2014

While this may appear to be a “food for the soul” post, it is far more. Like a date stamp on the milk carton, like the newspaper held up on a FB page to identify the day categorically, so too does … Continue reading

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BVA–THE LOUISVILLE TWO STEP

The Louisville Two-step: Step One: Get VSO and sign POA over. Step two: Step into street in front of VA Examiner and get prepared to be mowed down. This is so predictable. Johnny Rebel here could have been in high cotton … Continue reading

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BVA–IN SEARCH OF NEGATIVE EVIDENCE

This is a great decision with enormous parameters. It illustrates many things that are judicially useful. To begin with, it is a jetgun-based claim and, as such, is of immense interest to the Veteran population who served between 1962 and … Continue reading

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VA study: HCV can cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Are veterans the last to know?

We know that HCV can lead to liver cancer, but blood cancers too? Yes. HCV isn’t just swishing around in a body’s blood stream happily replicating in liver cells.  HCV makes changes to other bodily systems and structures in some “small … Continue reading

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CAVC–MOYE V. SHINSEKI-THE PRESUMPTION ACCORDING TO ST. BAGBY

My eye, as most know, is drawn to Court reversals as they offer the most cutting -edge jurisprudence and the best read for the money. Leroy Macklem is a recent, classic example of this and Mr. Moye’s win will be … Continue reading

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SOVALDI–THE NEXT GENERATION OF HCV CLAIMS

I have recently been contacted more times than I can count by Veterans with the “What if I go SVR during my claim?” or the “How will this affect my rating now that I am cured?” Quite simple, actually. 38 … Continue reading

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