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IDES Concept An integrated DoD and VA disability system that eliminatesthe duplicative, time-consuming, and often confusing elements of the two current disability processes of the departments… IDES Goals •A single disability exam(s) conducted to VA standards that will be used by both...

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First off... thank you Jason for this amazing site, as well as everyone who posts their information. I have only posted a few times but I read posts almost daily. I honestly believe I am now more informed than most of the PEBLOs. Secondly, I FINALLY GOT MY RESULTS!!!!!!!!!!! wohoo only...

Lee, Congrats on getting your final word, however that % seems very low for POTS. I know how very unfitting that POTS is so i think it should be so much higher. I can also understand how relieved you must be to get to the end of this long, long road. I wish you the best and hopefully your...

Sorry, DES is disability evaluation system, the whole med board process. No I am no longer working and haven't for most of the last year. I tried to go half days but after passing out several times waking up under my desk they finally told me to stay at home. I haven't passed out in quite...

Wow, finally someone else with my problem on here... I was also diagnosed with POTS last year. After I had a heart attack and a stent was placed in my RCA i started passing out randomly. After many many doctor visits I was finally referred to neuro and diagnosed with POTS. During the search...

I am wondering where your syncope rating came from. I am diagnosed with POTS which causes syncope and have been unable to find a similar code in the VASRD. I looked up 7802 and that is for 2nd degree burns. Best of luck on your TDRL, sorry I have no answers as I just started my MEB.

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Hello everyone, I'm currently going through a MEB for heart attack, dilated cardiomyopathy, inferior wall aneurysm, asthma, sleep apenea, chronic PTSD, and POTS. Has anyone ever heard of POTS? I have looked through the VASRD but can not find anything. Basically it is an autonomic problem...

Thank you so much for the inputs. This process is so messed up, I mean this is such a huge decision to make and there is so little info or guidance available, thank goodness for this site. The PEBLO acts as though I am bothering him by asking questions....very frustrating.

I'm an E-7, AD USAF, Aircraft Mx, 20 yrs, 2 mos TIS I'm being MEB'd for: -Myocardial Infarction-METS 11, but EF of 40-45 -Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome -Asthma -Sleep Apnea I also have dialated ischemic cardiomyopathy and an inferior wall aneurysm caused by the heart attack...

Hello all and thanks for all of the info I've gathered from this site I'm AD USAF, Aircraft Mx, 20 yrs, 2 mos TIS I'm being MEB'd for: -Myocardial Infarction-METS 11, but EF of 40-45 -Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome -Asthma -Sleep Apnea I also have dialated ischemic...