Physical Evaluation Board System Overview

This thread is all about the various administrative rules in arriving at a rating.

The JAG Corps has recently mobilized 18 Reserve attorneys and paralegals to augment the Soldiers' Counsel at the PEB. This should have a large impact. Historically, the Soldiers' Counsel at the PEB were typically drawn from the Legal Assistance Office of the servicing Office of the Staff Judge Advocate. In my opinion, in the past there were many problems with the administration of providing legal advice. For example, at Fort Sam Houston, there are NO permanent paragraph and line number positions on the Table of Distribution and Allowances (TDA). That means the attorneys filling the job had to be "borrowed" from another position or else were mobilized reservists. Prior to the scandal at Walter Reed, few Judge Advocates even knew about...

A recent directive memo from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) concerning DES. Of note, there are new training requirememnts for working in the DES. The two positions that concern me the most are the attorneys and the PEBLOs. I know the Army is working on developing a training package, with testing, and a distance learning (web based) for the PEBLOs. As far as the attorneys, two weeks ago the Army held a seminar at Walter Reed to train attorneys. This was the first formal training for new attorneys in the DES. It may shock you to know that there is no formal training for the Judge Advocates. Recently, the Army has added a number of attorneys to each of the PEB's. There are many issues surrounding attorney...

This thread is for discussing the rules regarding conditions that Existed Prior to Service. Included here are discussions of Natural Progression and Service Aggravation.

This thread is for discussing the different dispositions at the PEB, the benefits for each and special considerations.

Attached are the DODI's concerning the PDES. Be aware that there are some out of date materials, including the Table of Analagous Codes in DODI 1332.39.