Question:
I have filed a claim for Mental Health Issues. I have been seen and evaluated by both a Private Psychologist and one from the VA for my C&P exam. The VA's doc put " not at least as likely as not" in her Nexus and the Private Doc put "at least as likely as not" in her Nexus. How will the VA rater look at this ? What is your opinion?
Jim's Reply:
I'm sorry to say that the phrases you cite may not win the claim. The preferred phrase is "more likely than not". The guide that this is from is a 2002 publication and over all that time these phrases still make an impact.
You can read more about that here. See page 14 /1.16.