I am a Navy enlisted service member going through IDES at NMCP. Like many of you, I am fed up with the IDES process and my PEBLO.
Here is my timeline:
18OCT19: 1st LIMDU initiated
20DEC19: Sent from a shore based billet to a squadron for ‘LIMDU’
03MAR20: Provider had me removed from the squadron and placed at an actual LIMDU command due to conflicts with restrictions.
18MAR20: 2nd LIMDU because of COVID I was told by my provider it would be best to wait until C-19 called down for PEB.
18SEP20: Referred to PEB
19-21OCT20: Sign paperwork for PEB. Speak with attorney, PEBLO & VA rep.
21DEC20-09FEB21: (8) QTC exams completed
08FEB21: Sign 6 month extension for EAOS
23MAR21: All exam notes loaded to TOL.
24MAR21: Begin reaching out to PEBLO regarding signing NARSUM on a weekly basis with the response of, “We are so busy I can’t even look you up but your way down on my list.”
4MAY21: Letter received from VA stating unfit/100%. Call PEBLO to ask if these were my findings and she said, “No, you haven’t even had your docs sent to DC and the VA has been screwing up and sending members their findings before we even get a chance to review them.” Ask about NARSUM again and I’m still wayyyy down the list at this point.
17MAY21: Find out from my VA rep that it’s highly unusual to wait so long after the QTC appointments to sign NARSUM. When I called my PEBLO upset because it took several attempts to see where my paperwork was, she stated that the doctor that put me up for PEB went on deployment for C-19. She said she had essentially forgotten to follow up and didn’t realize she hadn’t sent my package to DC. All sorts of excuses about telework and being over tasked with cases.
01JUN21: PEBLO finally has me sign my NARSUM that was a simple copy and paste from my medical record because my doctor was on deployment.
Findings:
04MAY21 -VA: 100
TBD -DoD: TBD
Out day: TBD
I was told that I “should” hear something within 8 weeks especially since the VA already has their findings. I am coming up on the end of my first 6 month EAOS extension and I am heavily debating not signing another after reading how long this process is taking for some. I am in school full time, play the navy game, have a family to take care of and my husband is gone frequently. I am at my wits-end with this process and just want to be able to get out and be done.
I read about how someone wants to be out as well and someone replied, well atleast you’re still getting paid. When you have been waiting this long, dragged from one command to the next and are already working towards your next step in life, you don’t care about the paycheck. would rather be out of the navy and moving on from its toxicity.
Here is my timeline:
18OCT19: 1st LIMDU initiated
20DEC19: Sent from a shore based billet to a squadron for ‘LIMDU’
03MAR20: Provider had me removed from the squadron and placed at an actual LIMDU command due to conflicts with restrictions.
18MAR20: 2nd LIMDU because of COVID I was told by my provider it would be best to wait until C-19 called down for PEB.
18SEP20: Referred to PEB
19-21OCT20: Sign paperwork for PEB. Speak with attorney, PEBLO & VA rep.
21DEC20-09FEB21: (8) QTC exams completed
08FEB21: Sign 6 month extension for EAOS
23MAR21: All exam notes loaded to TOL.
24MAR21: Begin reaching out to PEBLO regarding signing NARSUM on a weekly basis with the response of, “We are so busy I can’t even look you up but your way down on my list.”
4MAY21: Letter received from VA stating unfit/100%. Call PEBLO to ask if these were my findings and she said, “No, you haven’t even had your docs sent to DC and the VA has been screwing up and sending members their findings before we even get a chance to review them.” Ask about NARSUM again and I’m still wayyyy down the list at this point.
17MAY21: Find out from my VA rep that it’s highly unusual to wait so long after the QTC appointments to sign NARSUM. When I called my PEBLO upset because it took several attempts to see where my paperwork was, she stated that the doctor that put me up for PEB went on deployment for C-19. She said she had essentially forgotten to follow up and didn’t realize she hadn’t sent my package to DC. All sorts of excuses about telework and being over tasked with cases.
01JUN21: PEBLO finally has me sign my NARSUM that was a simple copy and paste from my medical record because my doctor was on deployment.
Findings:
04MAY21 -VA: 100
TBD -DoD: TBD
Out day: TBD
I was told that I “should” hear something within 8 weeks especially since the VA already has their findings. I am coming up on the end of my first 6 month EAOS extension and I am heavily debating not signing another after reading how long this process is taking for some. I am in school full time, play the navy game, have a family to take care of and my husband is gone frequently. I am at my wits-end with this process and just want to be able to get out and be done.
I read about how someone wants to be out as well and someone replied, well atleast you’re still getting paid. When you have been waiting this long, dragged from one command to the next and are already working towards your next step in life, you don’t care about the paycheck. would rather be out of the navy and moving on from its toxicity.
