Tag Archives: Veterans Humor

IMPORTANT INFO ON BVA ADJUDICATION DELAYS

Posted on October 24, 2022 by asknod

Everyone seems to know they can come here and ask me to hand out public service announcements on my site. I’m a real soft touch for helping Vets. Oddly, it doesn’t require any coin of the realm to induce me … Continue reading →

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CAVC-PORTER V McDONOUGH–HCV WITH §3.156(c) SILVER LINING

Posted on October 21, 2022 by asknod

My Hepatitis C  (HCV) practice model is fortunately coming to an end. Those of you who didn’t die from it have been cured (read’ in remission’). I reckon I still have about 4 waiting for a BVA sit down but … Continue reading →

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EXPOSED VET RADIO SHOW THURDSAY 20 OCTOBER 1900 HRS E

Posted on October 18, 2022 by asknod

How many of you have applied for an increase after about 10 years and they run you through the new c&p gamut of what would appear to be a normal physical with a side order of closer examination of an … Continue reading →

Posted in 100% ratings, All about Veterans, DBQs, Humor, Reductions in rating, SMC, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, VA Attorneys, VBMS, VBMS Tricks, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

FALL NOVA–WE’RE ON A MISSION FROM GOD

Posted on October 11, 2022 by asknod

Since I seemed to have attracted a few unsavory folks who are disgruntled with my recent unmasking of certain, how shall we say, ‘doctors with credibility baggage’, I like to give everyone fair warning if they want to meet me … Continue reading →

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LIFE THEN AND NOW–1970 AND 2022

Posted on October 5, 2022 by asknod

At some point in our sunset years we Vietnam Veterans look back on our military career, however brief, and compare it to the here and now. Most, if not all of us, probably feel like the old Virginia Slims™ cigarette … Continue reading →

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WELCOME TO ASKNOD.COM

Posted on October 1, 2022 by asknod

Yeppers. You read that correctly. For over a decade, I’ve tried to hornswoggle that German domain squatter into coughing up asknod.com. He finally relented after an extended bargaining session. I’ll tell you he drove a hard bargain. GoDaddy© locked it … Continue reading →

Posted in Agent Orange, All about Veterans, ASKNOD BOOK, General Messages, The Vietnam Wall, VA Agents, VA Attorneys | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

FED CIRCUS-NOVA vs DENIS THE MENACE–POST HOC CREATION OF “GUIDANCE” FOR THE COURT

Posted on September 24, 2022 by asknod

I get a big bang out of the rare occasions when the Federal Circuit (CAFC) really stretches their collective brain musculature and actually arrives at a decision that is meaningful for Veterans and not merely window dressing. And ones which … Continue reading →

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OPEN DISSENTION AT THE BVA

Posted on September 8, 2022 by asknod

I received this email over a month ago via a fellow litigator. I didn’t publish it then because it was still undisseminated information. Since then, it has been openly shared and discussed. Having met and befriended several VLJs who always … Continue reading →

Posted in BvA and VARO CUE DECISIONS, BvA Decisions, BVA Hearings, VA Agents, VA AMA appeals knowledge, VA BACKLOG, VA Conspiracies, vA news, VA statistics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

SMC N– NEVER HEARD OF IT. GIVE HIM AN S

Posted on September 5, 2022 by asknod

You won’t see me write very much about SMC N because it’s the “hump” rating. To get there you need to have- at a bare minimum, loss of use of the lower extremities with one extremity useless above the knee … Continue reading →

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FORT FUGETABOUTIT (HOUSTON)–A PAIR OF JEANS THAT FIT JUST RIGHT

Posted on September 2, 2022 by asknod

In 1973, I was unceremoniously evicted from the ranks of active military personnel. My crime? Why, being antisocial with passive aggressive tendencies. Since then, it’s metastasized. I have become social with active aggressive tendencies. This personality disorder pays off in … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid and Attendance, SMC, Tips and Tricks, VA Agents, vARO Decisions, VBMS Tricks, Veterans Law | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments