"May" be exacerbated by

[OCDMarine]

Quick question Veterans,  If i have a letter from my numerologist that states.  "Veterans Migraines may be exacerbated by service connected anxiety or Depression."  Is this a legitimate nexus link?  Thank you in advance.  

[mos1833]

ocdmarine thanks for your service.

the word ; may ' in a doctors opinion will get the claim denied.

if you can ? ask him or her - to write a new report ,explain the va dont except that word in any opinion. if you can do that ,, have the opinion to say ( are connected to your disibilty ) you'll win.

[Buck52]

yes these 4 little words >= in my opinion Mr Veteran M  Headaches  is least likely as not related to his S.C. Depression.

usually the Dr will go into further detail   but the words is likely as not  or least likely as not  is what the VA don't dispute ..its a 50/50 tie  and reason of doubt goes to the veteran.

The Raters don't like'' could have should have''  may be''and a few others that would seem to tie it together  so they watch this carefully.

[Andyman73]

LIke Buck said, at least as likely, more likely than not, is due to...are magic to the VA. Your doctor doesn't have to state fact and regs, just in their opinion they feel the Vet's medical issue is "at least as likely as not, due to or caused by".

[OCDMarine]

Thats what I was thinking.  I got a new letter that say Migraines are "more likely than not" exacerbated by anxiety depression.  Thank you.  I hope this links the Migraines into a service connection.

[jfrei]

I got the Maybe is exacerbated before it wasn't a denial but they lumped it in with my TBI residuals instead of a seperate issue and kept me at 70 for my TBI