Posted on Jun 21, 2021
What is a Nexus Letter? Top 3 Reasons Why Veterans Should Get an Independent Medical Opinion
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BONUS EVENING-FOR THE VETERAN OF THE VETERAN SHARE OF THE DAY
In order to be eligible for VA disability benefits, a veteran must prove three essential elements:
#1. Medical Diagnosis of the disability condition in a medical record
#2. Medical Nexus Evidence between the diagnosed disability condition and the veteran’s active-duty military service (Direct Service Connection) OR how the diagnosed disability condition is “proximately due to” or “aggravated by” another service-connected disability (Secondary Service Connection)
#3. Current Symptoms of the disability condition that negatively affect your work, life, or social functioning (“Severity of Symptoms”)
If you’ve ever been denied service connection, it’s most likely because you failed to prove a “Nexus” exists on an “at least as likely as not” basis.
Pro Tip: “Nexus” simply means “link” or “connection.”
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SCPO Morris Ramsey CPL Douglas Chrysler Wayne Soares PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SGT Charlie Lee SMSgt David A Asbury Maj Marty Hogan TSgt Joe C. SGT (Join to see) SSG Robert Mark Odom PO3 Phyllis Maynard Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence Lt Col Charlie Brown iPVT Mark Zehner SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen COL Mikel J. Burroughs SPC Mark Huddleston
In order to be eligible for VA disability benefits, a veteran must prove three essential elements:
#1. Medical Diagnosis of the disability condition in a medical record
#2. Medical Nexus Evidence between the diagnosed disability condition and the veteran’s active-duty military service (Direct Service Connection) OR how the diagnosed disability condition is “proximately due to” or “aggravated by” another service-connected disability (Secondary Service Connection)
#3. Current Symptoms of the disability condition that negatively affect your work, life, or social functioning (“Severity of Symptoms”)
If you’ve ever been denied service connection, it’s most likely because you failed to prove a “Nexus” exists on an “at least as likely as not” basis.
Pro Tip: “Nexus” simply means “link” or “connection.”
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SCPO Morris Ramsey CPL Douglas Chrysler Wayne Soares PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SGT Charlie Lee SMSgt David A Asbury Maj Marty Hogan TSgt Joe C. SGT (Join to see) SSG Robert Mark Odom PO3 Phyllis Maynard Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence Lt Col Charlie Brown iPVT Mark Zehner SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen COL Mikel J. Burroughs SPC Mark Huddleston
What is a Nexus Letter? Top 3 Reasons Why Veterans Should Get an Independent Medical Opinion
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A few years after I was honorably discharged, things started falling apart, literally. I had to travel to the main VA office on the coast. The doctor was emphatic about when the Army repaired someone, they stayed fixed. So I went home and contacted a civilian doctor. In the VA's defence, they were right. I had grown enough over the years that all the plastic parts were stretched to the point of breaking. I wish I could have gotten them to correct it, but I didn't have time to go through an appeal.
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SrA John Monette blood was squirting out of the pores in my forehead among other things. There wasn't time.
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