Big Wil,
Have you tried maybe contacting Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck about the PDBR issue? They are very pro veteran.
Have you tried maybe contacting Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck about the PDBR issue? They are very pro veteran.
Physical Disability Board of Review Update
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They are next on the list unless you want to throw a letter out, that way when I do it there is more then one person with these issues.
Im having a great conversation with people on CNN's facebook discussion board right now.
Im in the process of making my own youtube video to post around too. That will come this week coming up.
New phone number for everyone:
Information I received from inquiry through the Secretary of the Air Force's PA Office.
703-607-0222
Fair warning you probably will have a tougher time reaching someone. Just tried to call and no-one answer...I chalk it up to Friday's ropeyarn.
I will keep trying and let anyone know if I get anymore information.
Later,
Obie
Information I received from inquiry through the Secretary of the Air Force's PA Office.
703-607-0222
Fair warning you probably will have a tougher time reaching someone. Just tried to call and no-one answer...I chalk it up to Friday's ropeyarn.
I will keep trying and let anyone know if I get anymore information.
Later,
Obie
Thanks Obie!
I contacted Hannity, he blew me off they could care less about us. they all just give lip service to vets. lets face it we are all we have each other. sounds corny dont care.
no one else gives a rats butt about vets but other vets.
redlegdvldg
PEB Forum Regular Member
There is a post on the ipeb forum about someone getting his pdbr results back. It seems to be favorable. Awesome for him. Maybe we can move his post here to follow it more closely.
Ok, where is it? I did a search for PDBR in the IPEB forum and found nothing..
http://www.pebforum.com/physical-ev...2-severance-pay-pdrl-within-over-4-years.html
Here is the link to the suspected PDBR case in question.
Mike
Here is the link to the suspected PDBR case in question.
Mike
Wow, interesting, I was discharged with the same thing, anxiety and panic disorder at 10% but given 30% by the VA dating to my separation date.
I am getting overly anxious waiting. I wish they would hurry up.
I am getting overly anxious waiting. I wish they would hurry up.
See the link below:
MHS Blog
It mentions how our beloved PDBR adjudicators and the other usual suspects in the DOD / PEB system et al, where receiving VASRD training in August 2009.
A quick and simple question. If you have a VA rating given within a year of discharge, then what does the PDBR need training on evaluating ???? The VA already evaluated it!
It's pretty clear by their own directive that they are supposed to compare the VA and DOD ratings. You would only need training on the VASRD if you where going to sharp shoot, or second guess the VA.
I still don't have a really good feel for what they (PDBR) are really up to.
MHS Blog
It mentions how our beloved PDBR adjudicators and the other usual suspects in the DOD / PEB system et al, where receiving VASRD training in August 2009.
A quick and simple question. If you have a VA rating given within a year of discharge, then what does the PDBR need training on evaluating ???? The VA already evaluated it!
It's pretty clear by their own directive that they are supposed to compare the VA and DOD ratings. You would only need training on the VASRD if you where going to sharp shoot, or second guess the VA.
I still don't have a really good feel for what they (PDBR) are really up to.
Conversely, you would only need training if you were going to sharp shoot, or second guess the PEB's application of the VASRD. Not to defend the PDBR or the DES as a whole, but assuming bad faith is a step in the wrong direction.
Can somebody post the PDBR telephone number in Texas? Is that the best place to call to see what is going on with my file? Should I even call at all?
Thanks
Thanks
1. Love the FIST emblem on your post, I was FIST for 5 years! Had a great time hanging with the Infantry!!!!
2. OK, I see your point. Thanks for the sanity check! Nice to have alternate points of view.
3. I may just be getting cynical because I have spent a long time researching this and I don't feel the DOD deals in good faith on the whole disability subject.
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Once the file makes it to DC, is there anyway to follow the status of the claim from that point? When you call Texas, they say you will know before they do? I have a hard time believing that there is no POC in DC. At no other point in any claim with the Army or the VA have I had this little control over the process, this is total BS!
At least with the VA I could call every week and talk to someone.
I just talked to a gentleman at the PDBR physically, at telephone number 703-607-0222. I was writing considering that my board was one of the first docket #5. All of my documentation finally reached the board almost 3 weeks ago. It has already been boarded and is currently sitting at the President of the PDBR for his/her approval. Once approved it will then go the Navy(my service) for final adjudication. I was able to get this information after pleading. The gentleman I talked with actually does sit on some boards and was going to direct me to talk with the intake unit in Texas and we all know how that goes.
I was initially trying to pump for information about statistics but they do not have enough information yet. According to him, there is a report due to Congress in late December early January that will have a complete breakdown of how the boards have been going...I guess we will just have to wait and see.
Good luck to all.
Obie
I was initially trying to pump for information about statistics but they do not have enough information yet. According to him, there is a report due to Congress in late December early January that will have a complete breakdown of how the boards have been going...I guess we will just have to wait and see.
Good luck to all.
Obie
wilsonle61,
Assuming bad faith (especially if this bad faith is verbalized in personal testimony) will only hurt a Veteran's case before one of these boards (including the VA C&P raters). This is of course unless the bad faith on part of DoD/VA is so blatant and unprecedented that it must be addressed in rebuttal.
There are legal presumptions of good faith and regularity for DoD/VA (not sure if the DoD gets the regularity one, so don't quote me on that); not surprisingly there is a heavy burden on the Veteran in the case s/he wishes to overcome these presumptions.
So not only is it damaging to the Veteran's case when assuming bad faith but it is also an arduous tasking from an argumentative standpoint (again, unless the bad faith is obvious).
I think it's best to focus on the things we can fight, such as the application of the VASRD and other issues that are not as conceptually ambiguous as 'acting in bad faith'. What I mean by that is the DoD/VA may be acting in bad faith, but hide behind letters and correspondence versed in language that is neither 'stand-offish' nor biased. Thereby making it difficult to show upon appeal to the FPEB, BVA, or Court that the DoD/VA acted in bad faith. I think it's much easier to "stick'em" where they fail to apply the law or fail to consider the facts.
Excuse my long-windedness, I realized that you agreed with my initial point but thought I would explain why I hold this position. If you've filed a PDBR application, good luck and be sure to let us know what comes of it.
Fellow FISTer, out.
Always good to see another FISTer around. I understand the desire to conclude that DoD deals in bad faith. As a matter of fact, I hold to this belief in personal opinion and discussions. But when dealing with DoD through the PDBR, BCMR, VA, or PEB we need to find another point of argument (by we, I mean Veterans).
Assuming bad faith (especially if this bad faith is verbalized in personal testimony) will only hurt a Veteran's case before one of these boards (including the VA C&P raters). This is of course unless the bad faith on part of DoD/VA is so blatant and unprecedented that it must be addressed in rebuttal.
There are legal presumptions of good faith and regularity for DoD/VA (not sure if the DoD gets the regularity one, so don't quote me on that); not surprisingly there is a heavy burden on the Veteran in the case s/he wishes to overcome these presumptions.
So not only is it damaging to the Veteran's case when assuming bad faith but it is also an arduous tasking from an argumentative standpoint (again, unless the bad faith is obvious).
I think it's best to focus on the things we can fight, such as the application of the VASRD and other issues that are not as conceptually ambiguous as 'acting in bad faith'. What I mean by that is the DoD/VA may be acting in bad faith, but hide behind letters and correspondence versed in language that is neither 'stand-offish' nor biased. Thereby making it difficult to show upon appeal to the FPEB, BVA, or Court that the DoD/VA acted in bad faith. I think it's much easier to "stick'em" where they fail to apply the law or fail to consider the facts.
Excuse my long-windedness, I realized that you agreed with my initial point but thought I would explain why I hold this position. If you've filed a PDBR application, good luck and be sure to let us know what comes of it.
Fellow FISTer, out.
Just sent mine off to PDRB, any idea of the timeline?? It seems some have had their cases done in 8 or 9 months, is that about average??