Anyone have any experiences or used a company for a NEXUS letter?

SGT Ryan Becker I recommend working with a Veteran Service Officer. My experience is probably not typical. My VFW VSO told me that I needed a Nexus Letter. I was not going to my doctor who was not even born when I was in Vietnam, and ask her to write a letter that links my illness with my military service. I dropped the VFW and worked with a Vietnam Veterans of America VSO to successfully process my claim with the VA. I also felt that since my conditions were on the Agent Orange Presumptive List, that I should not need a Nexus letter.

I would try any available free resources before paying money to a company to write the letter. Good luck.

How did I not even know this was a thing? In 2018, I was denied service connection for my meralgia paresthetica and peripheral neuropathy because, quoting the determination letter:

"Service connection may be granted for a disability which began in military service or was caused by some event or experience in service.

"While your service treatment records reflect complaints, treatment, or a diagnosis similar to that claimed, the medical evidence supports the conclusion that a persistent disability was not present in service. We received your medical evidence which discusses the symptoms of your medical condition. The evidence does not show that your disease developed to a compensable degree within the specified time period after release from service to qualify for the presumption of service connection.

"The VA medical opinion found no link between your diagnosed medical condition and military service. Supporting rationale for the opinion is summarized as follows: The currently diagnosed condition is not shown in service nor is it shown after the motor vehicle accident in 2002, thus it is less likely than not that the current condition is related to military service."

It WAS present during my time in service, and I specifically asked the doctors about it, but they dismissed it as secondary to the damage from the accident that was made worse by submarine service. I didn't have a DIAGNOSIS until after I was discharged into the care of the VA. A Nexus Letter showing that it was indeed present and related during my time in service would count as new evidence to get the service-connection denial reconsidered, yes? Or is it still saying that because it was not compensable during the time period of presumption that it will be denied again?