Tag Archives: Veterans Benefits

Veterans’ Choice Card program’s new contractors

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Laura

Finding official information about the implementation of the Veterans’ Choice Cards and call centers has been frustrating but I can now report that Tri-West and Health Net have been hired to administer the program. Health Net’s press release, Tri-West’s press release, … Continue reading →

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VAOIG–WE WERE UNABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE…

Posted on November 6, 2014 by asknod

I always get a bang out of VA’s Office of Inspector Gadget terminology and descriptive adjectives. They are worthy of being hired as the President’s Press Secretary apologists. I refer to both parties’ press secretaries-not just the current ones we’ve … Continue reading →

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CMB MISSES CONGRESSIONAL DEADLINE ON VA’S CHOICE CARDS

Posted on November 6, 2014 by asknod

CMB (Call me Bob)McDonald blogged to us today to let us know VA is once again dancing on their collective neckties and doing another faceplant-this right on top of their inability to find any fault with the way VAMC Director … Continue reading →

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VETERANS POEMS–THE FINAL INSPECTION

Posted on November 6, 2014 by asknod

I received this several years ago and mistakenly thought I had published it. For that, I apologize profusely to Member WGM of Texas fame. You may remember him from my book as I used him as a prime example of … Continue reading →

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VA OFFICE OF DEBT MANAGEMENT BUSTS ANOTHER CHEATING VET

Posted on November 3, 2014 by asknod

Boy howdy am I ever glad to see this headline. To think any of you triplegic Vets out there would stoop so low as to try collecting that extra $142 a month for shacking up with who later turns out … Continue reading →

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A BEAUTIFUL POEM

Posted on November 3, 2014 by asknod

Received from Paul/Leigh a great poem this morning and now have the pleasure of passing it on. He was getting old and paunchy And his hair was falling fast, And he sat around the Legion, Telling stories of the past. … Continue reading →

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HALLOWEEN FACIAL

Posted on October 31, 2014 by asknod

Another huge influx of wonderful contributions to the humor page. You have no idea how much joy this can bring to depressed souls. Or depraved souls. Or Tourette’s guys like me. or…

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VAROs–SQUANDERING SCARCE JUDICIAL RESOURCES

Posted on October 31, 2014 by asknod

Often in the course of my claims and appeals, I have run across the term above in conjunction with the term ” in the interests of judicial economy”. They are catchphrases either at the BVA kiddycourt or the august CAVC where … Continue reading →

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DOJ’S HOLDER LETS VA OFFICIALS SKATE

Posted on October 30, 2014 by asknod

It seems no matter how many Veterans you kill via ignoring their medical needs or simply scheduling them further and further into the future until they die, there is no “criminal intent”. Well, boy howdy I’m sure glad to know … Continue reading →

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MORE FACE FUN

Posted on October 29, 2014 by asknod

Every time I put up some of the stuff you Vets send me to post for humor, it creates a bow wave of even more. Witness one third of what arrived in the last week: