Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to linkage of packet transmissions for ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) in new radio (NR). A method for wireless communications that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method generally includes receiving a current transmission of a packet; determining, based on the current packet transmission, one or more previous transmissions of the packet occurred and at least one parameter associated with the one or more previous transmissions; and combining the current packet transmission with the previous transmissions based, at least in part, on the determination.