For treating providers: nexus letters

How long should it be?

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One page is normal and sufficient. Who you are and your treating relationship, the records you reviewed, the diagnosis, the reasoning, the opinion sentence, and your signature. Length does not add weight; reasoning does.

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• What is a nexus letter?
• What does “at least as likely as not” mean?
• Do I have to be a specialist, or a VA doctor?
• What makes an opinion carry weight with VA?
• Am I being asked to say the condition is service connected?
• What if I do not believe the condition is related to service?
• What if I genuinely cannot tell?
• What is the difference between causation and aggravation?
• What is a secondary condition?
• Do I have to use the draft letter I was sent?
• Is this a legal document? What am I signing?
• Does VA pay me for this?
• Where does the letter go, and who sees it?

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