Category Archives: CAvC HCV Ruling

CAVC–BENNETT v. SHINSEKI– 1154(b) AND WHEN DID THEY KNOW IT?

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

These pro se attacks on the gates of Rome by insignificant widows is always awe-inspiring. I have written no end of these cases and all have had positive outcomes insofar as the pro se litigants caught the VA doing something … Continue reading →

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CAVC–MELANCON v. SHINSEKI–MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

About a month ago, the famous Malcolm H. Melancon Jr. of asknod fame contacted us (dogs, ponies, feral cat) and asked Nod where we’d been all these years. It was September 27th, 2011 when I wrote up his last adventures in … Continue reading →

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VA TENNIS: GAME, SET, …

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

This is one of those stories I have been itching to write. I have been waiting exactly six thousand nine hundred and thirty nine days. Due to the backlog in 1994, somehow this one got overlooked. I am fond of the … Continue reading →

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CAVC–WADE v. SHINSEKI–BONO PRO $18,000 ME Ø

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

WHERE’S MY CUT OF THE EAJA FEES, DUDE? Every once in a while, we see a case here that induces compassion for the Veteran. If there is a God, he was AWOL this time. Occasionally we’d post some under “Frivolous … Continue reading →

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CAVC–SCHUBRING V. SHINSEKI–HEARING LOSS DUE TO IFN THERAPY

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

Here’s a decision that bears mentioning. No doubt we’ll see this gentleman sail by again on this one. Mr. James P. Schubring has appealed his recent denial at the BVA. As is their wont, they have stepped all over his … Continue reading →

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CAVC–DENNIS V. SHINSEKI–DENNIS THE MENACE

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

Pull up a chair and set a spell. This is a piece of work. Occasionally we win. That much is undebatable.  Occasionally, VA decides they were too nice and opts to take it all back. Keith Roberts comes to mind but … Continue reading →

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CAVC–THOMAS V. SHINSEKI-IT DOESN’T ADD UP

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

Saint Mary Schoelen sends us this bit of a Judicial Hanky Panky remand. All I see it doing is  teaching the BVA and the raters to be honest when passing out their thirty pieces of silver. “Honest” meaning thorough and … Continue reading →

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CAVC–KETCHUM V. SHINSEKI

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

Hot off the presses for 2013. The very first HCV decision of the new year. Click here.  Erase the word {query} and then insert  11-3304 in the search bar. Then click on the blue download in the upper left to view. Keith … Continue reading →

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CAVC–HUGHES v. SHINSEKI–WHAT HEP?

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

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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CAVC–BATSON V.SHINSEKI– CURED HEP=NO DICE

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

Much has been published here about representing yourself. When the evidence is so dispositive as to leave no room for doubt, we advocate it wholeheartedly. This is always true but only up to a point. When going before the CAVC, … Continue reading →

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