Recent content by GrilledCheezus

Hello all, I was finally placed on TDRL as of January of this year and separated. For info, I was in for 7 years and got out at E6 from the Navy. Everything seemed to be moving a-ok, and finally started receiving my disability from the VA at 90%. I recently received a letter from dfas detailing...

My question is, with documentation such as medical limitation forms detailing my inability to deploy and to remain at my shore duty as well as medical exams showing appropriate diagnosis, is there really much of a leg for the command to stand on with regards to myself. I definitely intend on...

So, just a little back story. I was found unfit for Narcolepsy w/ Cataplexy back in April of this year. I had an IMR completed prior to my package being sent off the first time to add IBS but my Doc failed to include it after the IMR was completed so it was never reviewed by the PEB. I filed for...

So, as the title suggests, my findings finally came in and I was found unfit for my Narcolepsy with Cataplexy. Unfortunately as I suspected, they botched the rating and gave me a 20%. I am now trying seek some answers to questions that popped up during the discussion with my attorney since I am...

From they way it was described to me, the NMA can be weighted more due to it stating the impacts on your job/ability to continue. I have heard plenty of stories where someones medical documentation points to seperation but since the CO(in my experience it is written up by HMs and signed off by...

Where exactly did it say 27%? When calculating the total rating percentage they utilize raw percentages but once the final percentage is determined they round the number to the nearest "10". In your situation, it would have been a 30%. Were you sent through a medboard or were you seperated some...

My package was sent to the IPEB on December 12th and I have yet to hear anything back (I am also Navy).

Definitely fight for it regardless. An IMR, as long as the reviewing doc is competent, should get that situation sorted out.

Cataplexy is prevalent throughout the day and can range from full body dropouts to your face going limp after laughing. It took me a while to realize how it occurred for me (knees get real weak and face goes limp). Normally if there is a test that indicates narcolepsy and one that doesnt they...

Based on the general criteria for narcolepsy diagnosis (sleep latency of less than or equal to 8 minutes and 2 or more periods of REM occurring), you meet the criteria. Another thing to note is that sleep docs don't outright state a diagnosis of narcolepsy, they always state: strongly abnormal...

I am currently going through IPEB for Narcolepsy with Cataplexy. It actually surprises me that your sleep doc said that constantly waking up at night is contrary to narcolepsy when it is one of indicators used when narrowing down to hypersomnolescence/narcolepsy. Regardless, the main thing that...

Hey folks, Just got my VA exams back and I have been reading through them. Is it common for VA examiners to half ass the DBQ forms by just checking off all of the minimum criteria and then making a statement that contradicts that? For example: My narcolepsy DBQ states that I have 0-1...

Hello all, For some back story, I was a nuclear electronics technician in the Navy but was dq'd due to medications and my GI issues (also was dealing with undiagnosed narcolepsy with cataplexy at the time). I was eventually diagnosed with the N w/ C January of 2019. April of this year, I was...

Hello all, Navy OS1 here. My history with this situation is quite long but to drastically shorten a long battle with navy medical: my PCM tried to argue that my narcolepsy w/ cataplexy did not affect my ability to perform per my rate/rank (OS1/ Operations Specialist) for which I was force...

So I recently just got a MAS 1300/3 from the PCM saying I am not world wide deployable and shall remain on shore duty. Considering this contradicts the new deployability instruction stating you must be deployable otherwise if you reach 12 months you are to be separated. Should I expect that...