Tag Archives: Vietnam Veterans Claims Help.

CAVC–PROCOPIO v. SHINSEKI- AO SPRAYED FROM INTREPID?

This one sure didn’t need a panel to figure out. A pair of witching sticks would have led to the water purification device and a quick check of its machinations.  Similarly, a cursory examination of the squadrons assigned to the A/C carrier … Continue reading →

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FLAVORS OF FALL

Last Saturday Cupcake and I attended what is considered by most in our neck of the woods to be the premiere event of the year.  Friends, neighbors, and captains of industry congregate for hors d’ oeuvres and dinner at our local … Continue reading →

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Army images: HCV extrahepatic manifestations

A current online article, Hepatitis C, by Sandeep Mukherjee (et al.) provides a good overview of HCV and is worth bookmarking here.  The images from Walter Reed Army Medical Center Dermatology, slides 7-48, convey potential effects of HCV on skin/mucosa … Continue reading →

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CAVC–WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW-3

After you pass your self-administered mirror test or allow a representative to do so, you will be filing a Notice of Appeal (NOA). You must do it in 120 days. In spite of what the SCOTUS said in Henderson v. Shinseki, I … Continue reading →

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vAOIT–MONEY TO BURN-BUT NOT FOR VETS

This will make you wonder about why it takes so long and so many of us get the lowball. vA needs your money for everything BUT Vets. Sorry Virginia, but Santa won’t be here under the overpass this Christmas. He … Continue reading →

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BVA–ORANGE FLAVORED ROUNDUP/GUAM VICTORY

Legal Bob sends me this forward to him from the AO watchdogs. I look forward to the first case from Laos one of these days. I’m sure vA’s take on that will be that you would have to have been … Continue reading →

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BVA–HAV SPREAD BY HAVING SEX; HCV?NOT SO MUCH

How’s this for the most defective diagnosis in the history of Hep. Keep in mind that Wonder Woman had to go back to college to get this right.  Exactly which college is not specified. The examiner provided an addendum report in … Continue reading →

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BVA–vA’S MOST EXCELLENT GRAYBAR HOTEL COMPUTER

I have to say that some in the past doubted my word that vA was very inquisitive about your life post-service and often goes afield looking for you or a footprint in the sand to show your passing. The CAVC … Continue reading →

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FOOTLOCKER–WGM’s TREASURES

Finally something to put into the footlocker. Hardly. These are beautiful hand-knapped arrowheads that WGM made personally. He mailed me the first black, obsidian glass head when he won. It’s an apt artistic expression of the war-like nature needed to pursue … Continue reading →

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Free: science reference book for judges

It’s been many years since I sat through 9th grade biology class learning about frogs and ponds.  I admit to being scientifically illiterate.  But my lack of science acumen is not disturbing to anyone but myself since the public is … Continue reading →

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