Tag Archives: Vietnam Veterans Claims Help.

ARKHICK50 WINS THE vA LOTTO

Nothing gives me greater pleasure than getting letters (or in this day and age-emails) from you Vets who have fought long and hard for your benefits. Yesterday morning I sat down to find that Arkansas Hick 50 ( I assume … Continue reading

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vA FALLING BEHIND ON REVAMPING PART 4

This just in from our Houston Correspondent, WGM: Part 4 of 38 CFR concerns itself with what is wrong with us, how much its worth and what we need to qualify. It’s reaching its sixty seventh birthday and is looking … Continue reading

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CAVC–HUGHES v. SHINSEKI–WHAT HEP?

Here’s another of those Tiger Moms in later life who take up the pro se broom and head to the Court for a clean sweep. Janette has done her homework. In fact, she worked overtime to get all the T’s … Continue reading

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MAKE IT SO, NUMBER ONE

Would that it were so easy to fix the mental health problems of the vA. Ordering the tide not to come in was just as futile for King Canute. We’ll see how this executive order plays out. I hope for … Continue reading

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Baltimore VA Vietnam veteran infected

The multi-state David Kwiatkowski  drug diversion/HCV case is complicated.  The Baltimore VA has not released information on the test results of the 168 patients they’ve contacted but we know that one veteran has joined a lawsuit. What’s alarming is that Kwiatkowski … Continue reading

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FOOTLOCKER– SURVIVAL VEST

Part of the neatsy-keen survival vests they gave us in Laos was a knife pictured below. These were manufactured by the Camillus Cutlery Co. and were indestructible. We also had flourescent orange locator beacons with a strobe light on them … Continue reading

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MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS NOWHERE ON THE HORIZON

Five long months ago we were assured that the mental health dilemma was all but over. Sixteen hundred new mental health workers were in the hiring pipeline and would be coming online after suitable training. Not. Today I find in … Continue reading

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Internet junk in claims

HCVets.com contains so many terrific resources!  They give the following warning for people planning to print and use information from their site to include in their claims: “All data printed from this website is under scrutiny by Veterans Affairs Claims Process. … Continue reading

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BVA–HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET

I was leisurely strolling (trolling?) through VA.gov when I typed in BVA Decisions into the search bar. Here’s what I found out about it (vA’s BVA adjudications arm, that is) . Four New Judges Will Speed Veterans’ Appeals WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric … Continue reading

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COVA–FUGO V. BROWN–SHOW ME THE CUE

I should have written this one up several years ago and for that I apologize. Fugo is an interesting case where the Vet attempts to raise CUE but isn’t quite sure what he’s up to. In his bumbling efforts, he compounds his … Continue reading

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