TIMELINE: MEB THROUGH PEB

[Jason]

Monicat,

I have seen several cases where once separated, Servicemembers start living a more sedentary lifestyle and their asthma may not be as much of an issue. This sometimes leads to skipped medication. Another issue is they may tend to seek less medical care for their condition, perhaps because they do not live close to their provider, or due to other conditions they do not have the desire/motivation to go to get care (it is easier when the MTF is on post where they are every day; sometimes the distance proves a challenge). In these cases, they may have stopped taking the prescribed medication daily and drop down to a few times per week. As a result, their medication profile does not reflect daily use and they are separated. So, it is very important to take your prescribed meds and to pick them up from the pharmacy. If you don't, the basis for rating for medication use is not met.

[Mcat10]

Thats great information to know! Thank you for your help, I'll keep on here to keep myself updated and hopefully help others!
Best of luck to everyone!!!

Cheers!!

[Ronald]

In my case I use my family Doc alot since my MTF is pretty-much a clinic and its also 45 minutes away. He always gives me free samples of some of the meds i use like, Xopenex & Advair. I hope they dont think that im not taking my meds?! Is this not a good thing?

Ronald

[Jason]

Ronald,

That could be an issue. You need to have a documented medication profile to susbstantiate your use of meds. Your meds should be covered under TriCare. Without some objective proof of your taking these meds (and the medication profile is the most common evidence looked at by the PEB) it is hard to show you actually take these meds. I would consider making sure you pick up your meds under your own prescription and not rely on samples.

[Ronald]

Jason,

Thanks for the good info. I will make sure that I do that from now on and just use the samples as a backup in case i run out.

[rudyesmi]

With Sleep Apnea and use of the CPAP, just wondering why you didn't get that 50% rating; instead got the lower 30-40% for the other condition?

[surfer495]

I have been going through the MEB as part of the Joint DOD/VA disability system pilot program for a while now. My package was officially sent to the IPEB 15 April. I am still waiting but my PEBLO told me that someone in their office right before me only took 2 weeks for the paperwork to come back. I am right at the 2 week mark right now so I am praying for the best. I was thinking it may be quicker than others since my package is part of the pilot program.

[navyres_cs]

Question: How do you know if you are part of the pilot program and what determines if you are in it? My records are up in NAF Washington, Andrews AFB and they tell me will be reviewed at Bethesda.

[RikersIsland1]

Originally Posted by navyres_cs

Question: How do you know if you are part of the pilot program and what determines if you are in it? My records are up in NAF Washington, Andrews AFB and they tell me will be reviewed at Bethesda.

The pilot is being conducted for service members at the Washington, D.C., VA Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., and the Malcolm Grow Medical Center at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and will run for one year. Through out the pilot, VA and DoD officials will monitor progress to determine potential expansion into other locations.The pilot includes all non-clinical care and administrative activities, such as case management and counseling requirements associated with disability case processing from the service member's initial referral to a Military Department Medical Evaluation Board to VA's compensation and benefits program.SOURCE U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Media Relations, +1-202-461-7600

Hope this helps

[navyres_cs]

Do they process all the personnel assigned at these locations who are being evaluated by a MEB or PEB or just some of them?