Nexus Letter for AFib Secondary to PTSD
Can PTSD be linked to AFib for a VA claim? The modest, mixed veteran evidence, ECG confirmation under DC 7010, and what a nexus opinion must address.
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Guidance on VA nexus letters, secondary conditions, and the disability claims process.
Nexus Letter for Seizures Secondary to TBI
Seizures after a service-connected TBI: when VA's manual says the link needs no opinion, when a nexus letter helps, and how post-traumatic epilepsy is rated.
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Diabetic Retinopathy Secondary to Type 2 Diabetes: How VA Rates Vision and Treatment Visits
Retinopathy from service-connected diabetes is rated on vision or treatment visits. Screenings are not treatment visits; a 0 percent rating folds into DC 7913.
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Peripheral Neuropathy Secondary to Diabetes: The Nerve Decides the Rating
Mild diabetic neuropathy pays 10 percent under some leg nerve codes and 0 under others. How VA rates it, and why a new complication is a claim for increase.
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Nexus Letter for Depression Secondary to Hearing Loss
Depression secondary to service-connected hearing loss, even at 0 percent: what the opinion must show, why the ratings use separate tests, and the research.
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Nexus Letter for Erectile Dysfunction Secondary to Diabetes
ED secondary to service-connected diabetes never gets its own rating percentage. What the nexus letter must prove, and where the money actually comes from.
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