The MUST HAVE Nexus

From: Posted by NOD
Category: Nexus-Nexus-Nexus
Date: 09/08/08

You now go to the doctor and present him with the problem. You need help. Don’t offer to split the settlement. That is right out. Hopefully you have developed a camaraderie w/ your doc. If he has had time to observe your disease progression or has known you forever, this is the easy part. If not, you will have to ask politely. Most docs are really skittish about putting their reputation on the line with a nexus if they don’t know your history. Nobody wants to testify to the bona fides of a guy and find out later he’s a drug user. Develop a positive relationship. Don’t appear desperate. Don’t preprint it and stick it under his nose with a pen when you come in for an appointment. You want it in his lingo on his letterhead. I found a template on this website and gave it to my doc to use. It worked just fine.http://hcvets.com/data/transmission_methods/Nexus/liver_specialists_of_texas.htm Now, there are certain words that must be used or you will be SOL. Lets all do this one time and be successful. The words “may have, possibly or probably” or any derivative thereof are not acceptable. You will lose. If you don’t believe me, try it. Better yet, read the plethora of denials that contain those phrases.. VA now works with a word/% formula. This whole process is speculative. That means no one is 100% sure where you got this bug so everyone (sorry, just the doctors) is going to offer an educated guess as to where it popped up and when. Your opinion is worthless. You do not have any medical expertise and ,therefore, anything you offer in your defense is considered useless. You are allowed to testify about the color of your skin, if you felt sick, and whether it was dry season or monsoon. Your testimony on any of this is considered to be truthful unless or until you are caught in a lie. Testimony at a Traveling Board Hearing is recorded and transcribed for the BVA to peruse during the decision process. I strongly recommend you avoid opening your mouth and inserting your foot. Let your medrecs and your nexus speak for you. You are not Perry Mason. You will inevitably feel obligated to fill in all those pregnant little pauses the VLJ leaves between questions with small talk. Don’t do it. Here is the VA formula of phrase = % of probability as near as I can ascertain: Most likely=80%. More likely than not=70%, More likely than less likely=60%, At least as likely as not=55%. The evidence is equipoise=50% (38 USC 5107) Less likely than more likely=45% and who cares below 50% anyway because you are screwed!!!!

Attached here at the bottom is my Doctor’s winning nexus from Jan. 2008. We were unaware that Groves v. Peake was right around the corner in May. I strongly suspect that is why I was granted SC. Additionally, VA did not believe my doctor so they sent it out for a C&P with QTC. That doctor agreed with mine. VA still would not take that as a yes so they sent it out for an Independent Medical Opinion (IMO). I attach that below as well.

 sanitized Nexus