Tag Archives: Veterans claims help

When Autoimmunity quits working.

Posted on March 26, 2012 by asknod

I am sick. Mega sick. Not from some Hepatitis secondary for which I thank God, but sick as in a cold from hell. All this wonderful dieting to bring my liver numbers down has come home to roost. I had … Continue reading →

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Footlocker 7

Posted on March 24, 2012 by asknod

Check this out. Every time we hopped a ride down to Udorn from LS 20-Alternate  for smokes and a beer/Scotch run, I’d leave my “issue” Model 39 9 mil in my wall locker in the hootch. I carried a Model … Continue reading →

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Erroneous DD214

Posted on March 24, 2012 by asknod

When you leave the military, one document is supposed to be free of any errors. It must be perfect in every respect for future employers and the VA to confirm your history. Every medal, every duty assignment and type of … Continue reading →

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Wet T-Shirt Contest Winner

Posted on March 24, 2012 by asknod

Get serious. This is a Grandpa and Grandma oriented site. This has happened to me so I felt it was appropriate to post.

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Friday’s Last Thought

Posted on March 23, 2012 by asknod

Waiting for remuneration from the vA makes Veterans a pauper twice–once while waiting interminably for service connection and then a second time when they discover the horrible financial truth of what they are going to be forced to live on for the … Continue reading →

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bVA–NHL= HCV

Posted on March 23, 2012 by asknod

Whoa there, doggies. For all you guys from Michigan, back up the boat. NHL stands for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.  We don’t do sports or politics here. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Two things catch your eye about this. First,  the correlation between the two diseases … Continue reading →

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BVA–Shabby clothing = Not Credible Witness

Posted on March 23, 2012 by asknod

The RO, and subsequently the BVA will almost always act in tandem of their denial if you, the Vet, exhibit any type of squirrely behavior during the process of your claim. This is a drastic example of it. This Vet is filing … Continue reading →

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BvA– HCVets

Posted on March 23, 2012 by asknod

I read many BvA decisions in search of anything we can use to win our claims for this insidious disease. As most know, it seems vA is one step ahead of us on figuring out new ways to deny. This … Continue reading →

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Army IG Is On It (PTSD)

Posted on March 22, 2012 by asknod

Boy, this didn’t take long. When Patty barks, everyone lines up and wags their tales down at the Five-sided Puzzle Palace. Sure enough Johnny Judge is on the warpath and looking in every hospital and clinic in search of baaaaad Shrinks. At … Continue reading →

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Teleprevir vs. Boceprevir

Posted on March 22, 2012 by asknod

What to do? Two new drugs on the market (or virtually there) and much said of each.What hard facts do we know at this point and what is conjecture? School of thought number one holds that Teleprevir (marketed as Incivik) … Continue reading →

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