Tag Archives: Vietnam Veterans Claims Help.

CNN: VA disability payments could stop if shutdown is long

Yesterday I emailed our representative to protest his anti-Affordable Care Act position and the possible government shutdown.  I pointed out that disabled veterans who were denied disability benefits (over 80%) are not eligible for VA health care if they are … Continue reading

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American women and guns

The Second Amendment codified the right for (free) people to bear arms in 1791. Long before the movie Cold Mountain famously portrayed circumstances in which women protected themselves during the Civil War, Colonial women owned and used guns. Scholarship of probate inventories by … Continue reading

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CAVC–WILSON V. SHINSEKI–SIGN HERE, HERE AND HERE

I always troll the CAVC decisions site and look for these. The key word is “reversal.” If you see that, you know it’s going to be brutal. Most of them contain a “The Secretary seems to think that…” and concludes … Continue reading

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IFN HCV TREATMENT– YES OR NO?

Here’s the smartest bit of deductive (and inductive) thinking to come along in a great while. Pop Smoke sends us this enlightened exposé of the outcomes of those SVR versus the great unwashed like myself who are glow in the dark … Continue reading

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CLASS OF 2013

Ladies and Gentlemen, I proudly present to you the class of 2013-an eclectic bunch to be sure.    Stretch (left, below) was elected class valedictorian and Chubby was voted most likely to be eaten first.

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IMPORTANT INFO FOR THE NOVITIATE

I found this over at Hadit.com., a sister site for Veterans help posted by 71M. He deserves a big thank you from us for ferreting out these things. This is how we learn to win.

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FORTY YEARS LATER–POWS REMEMBERED AGAIN

Member and four-tour dustoff medic (68-72) Bruce sends me this poignant reminder of May 1973. I had been home from Vietnam one year and was struggling to make ends meet as a cab driver in Lancaster, California. While not terribly … Continue reading

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Decisions, decisions: Stay with the VA or move on? Enroll in the VA or Obamacare?

I hope I haven’t made any gross errors in this post.   Please fact check everything because I am a layperson trying to figure this out like everyone else. KEY FACT FROM THE VA ACA WEBSITE THAT IS HIDDEN IN … Continue reading

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HCV SVR IN THE REAL WORLD

VA is always trying to suck in a new cohort of victims for their triple drug cocktail called Victrelis. They bought in hard with about three trainloads  early on in hopes of knocking out HCV as we know it in … Continue reading

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CAVC–NICELY v. SHINSEKI-DRIVIN’ THAT CLAIM, HIGH ON PRO SE

It behooves us all to be humble when we read this. I honestly believe this is the product of a simply misunderstanding. Mr. Nicely was depending on his American Legion service organization representative to carry the water. Oddly, here he … Continue reading

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