Tag Archives: Vietnam Veterans Claims Help.

VAMC–PLEASE SHRED THOSE FILES, SIR

Posted on October 14, 2013 by asknod

This says it all. If it doesn’t, the mere fact that they never punish anyone for stupidity or misfeasance/malfeasance should be the dead giveaway: On May 22, a privacy officer in El Paso reported receiving a call “from a very … Continue reading →

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DRUGGED VETS ARE HAPPY VETS

Posted on October 14, 2013 by asknod

Member Dennis (Pop Smoke) sends us this vignette on the VA. It comes as no surprise that VHA and their medical arm, VAMCs, tend to shovel opioids down our throats in an effort to pacify, drug and otherwise keep us … Continue reading →

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VA Sec. Erik Shinseki impresses

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Laura

Here on ASKNOD, we’ve taken a look at some of the wasteful spending by the VA under Secretary Shinseki’s leadership and denounced that waste. He’s regularly chewed out by the Veterans’ committees in the House and Senate for waste. However, … Continue reading →

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C-Span link to Sec. Shinseki’s testimony

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Laura

Thanks to  reader Steve W. who shared this information.  I haven’t watched it yet to comment. The blurb says In his opening statement, Sec. Shinseki told the committee that he would be unable to issue benefits checks on November 1, … Continue reading →

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Will Veterans’ benefits be delayed in November?

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Laura

If the debt ceiling isn’t raised, and the shutdown ended, this IS a likely possibility according to Sec. Lew testifying before the Senate Finance Committee today.  The story is reported by Fox news and other outlets.   VA Secretary Shinseki … Continue reading →

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JETGUNS BUSTED IN 1985

Posted on October 10, 2013 by asknod

I find it interesting that VA has used the argument repeatedly that jetguns have never been implicated as a cross contaminator of diseases. The biometric has always been that HBV was shown to be transmitted at a weight loss clinic … Continue reading →

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NEW HIGH-PROTEIN BREAD FOR TROOPS

Posted on October 9, 2013 by asknod

Wonder Bread has won the contract with the Federal Government to provide fresh, highly enriched protein bread for our troops in Afghanistan. Starting in early September, in an effort to comply with Sequestration goals, hot meals were reduced from three … Continue reading →

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GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM

Posted on October 9, 2013 by asknod

Seems like it’s time to take the protein pill again and strap on the brain bucket. When we become Veterans, it is to be assumed we have finished our commitment to preserving America’s freedom. We then pass that torch on … Continue reading →

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VABACKLOG DEADLINE SAVED BY GOVT. SHUTDOWN

Posted on October 8, 2013 by asknod

In a rare stroke of luck for the Department of Veterans Affairs, meeting their date of a 0% backlog in 2015 just got a reprieve. This actually couldn’t have happened at a more propitious time for the good general. In … Continue reading →

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FED. CIRCUS–COMER v. PEAKE(MD)–VSOS ARE NOT LAW DOGS

Posted on October 8, 2013 by asknod

“We also reject the government’s contention that the board had no duty to construe Comer’s appeal sympathetically because he had assistance from an aide from a veterans’ service organization.   Although we have held that the duty to construe a … Continue reading →

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