Tag Archives: Veterans Benefits

THREE BVA REMANDS–WHAT TO DO?

Posted on September 27, 2014 by asknod

Member Shaniqua writes me again after a three-year silence to tell of her ping pong match with the Veterans Administration and the apparent inability to get her claims to stay put at the BVA. This began when the Forrest Gump Memorial Regional … Continue reading →

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THE SOVALDI SLIP AND SLIDE

Posted on September 26, 2014 by asknod

I got a call yesterday from member Randy saying he’d been kicked out of the “program” at the Denver VAMC for non-compliance. Apparently he missed taking four doses of his Sovaldi over a month or so and had a relapse. … Continue reading →

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VA Medical-related freebie mobile devices and apps

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Laura

But, no, the free tablets are not for you! Fiscal Year 2014 means free 10,000 ipads for VHA providers. In the interests of efficiency this use of technology makes sense. But security is the big concern. Providers can take their devices home, playground … Continue reading →

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Is donating plasma still risky for contracting HCV?

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Laura

I first read about viral infections due to past unsanitary practices in plasmapheresis centers in the Pepin’s book, The Origin of Aids. In this 1999 follow-up report about an HCV outbreak in Austria (then called non-A, non-B hepatitis), the cause was believed … Continue reading →

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CAVC–MARKS V. McDONALD–LINE OF DUTY AND WILLFUL MISCONDUCT

Posted on September 18, 2014 by asknod

dAs most know, I glom onto every reversal that comes across the CAVC and CAFC docket. They teach far more in a short time than years of vacates and set asides. By the same token, you find more ordnance to help Veterans … Continue reading →

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VAOIG–WE DON’T DO VA CRIME

Posted on September 17, 2014 by asknod

Doesn’t anyone on Capitol Hill (i.e. Rep. Miller et al) find it intriguing that if you or I so much as filed a phony travel pay report and tried to take these folks for $40 dollars, we’d be hounded to … Continue reading →

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DECLASSIFIED CAS DOCUMENTS

Posted on September 14, 2014 by asknod

Sorry for the mixup. I published this as a post and then moved it up to the widgets in black above.

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FED. CIRCUS–BERAUD V McDONALD–JUSTICE INTERUPTUS II

Posted on September 13, 2014 by asknod

We sure can’t blame Call Me Bob (513-509-8454) McDonald for this one. If Ric Shinseki had been minding the store and given Mr. Leonard NMI Beraud, a former squid, his due recompense, we wouldn’t have to reiterate 38 CFR 3.156 (b) … Continue reading →

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WHO’S WHO IN THE VA SCANDALS

Posted on September 12, 2014 by asknod

Finally, someone printed up a table of contents/cast of characters so we can keep track of the miscreants and their protagonists. Unfortunately, this list of 24 is woefully incomplete. Considering that the OIG has somehow discovered 91 (currently) VAMCs where … Continue reading →

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BVA–RISING STAR ESKENAZI CRASHES AND BURNS

Posted on September 11, 2014 by asknod

Once upon a time, in a village on Vermin Avenue Northwest, there lived an Agency who couldn’t give a hoot about the Veterans they were entrusted with. Senator Alan Cranston, during the leadup to the Veterans Judicial Reform Act (VJRA) of … Continue reading →