I currently have ratings for sleep apnea, PTSD, Heart blockage and uncontrolled high blood pressure all individually. Someone at DAV told me I should try and get NEXUS letter to combine Sleep Apnea with heart and blood pressure issue. Would having them moved as a secondary issue rather than stand alone benefit me any? Would my VA disability rating and pay possibly increase. seems like a lot of paperwork and dealing with VA again when I am already getting paid for all of them right now as individual ratings.
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I currently have ratings for sleep apnea, PTSD, Heart blockage and uncontrolled high blood pressure all individually. Someone at DAV told me I should try and get NEXUS letter to combine Sleep Apnea with heart and blood pressure issue. Would having them moved as a secondary issue rather than stand alone benefit me any? Would my VA disability rating and pay possibly increase. seems like a lot of paperwork and dealing with VA again when I am already getting paid for all of them right now as individual ratings.
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Vync
It never hurts to consider other possible secondary conditions or other issues where you were treated in service and continue to bug you today. One key secondary factor is the side effects of medicati
Richard1954
There would be no benefit to claim these issues as secondary issues since you are already rated separately for them. I don't think your DAV adviser knows what they are talking about ( I used to be A
awgv001
I wouldn't do this with the desire to "Combine" them - however the Nexus is needed to show that the additional contentions are connected somehow. These are separately rated and would thus render you p
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