Recent content by LillyF

I'm in the Air Force. We do not have Ebenefits or Ombudsman. My clinic does not have a patient advocate either. Just thought that I would throw that out there. The Air Force has a need to be different and often times less efficient than the Army.

Thanks, that's what I wanted to know. I have asked my PEBLO many times and she keeps saying that nothing has been decided yet.

Sorry if I'm pulling up a somewhat old thread, but I asked this exact question in my post. Are you absolutely positive about this? My package went to the VA at Baltimore and was kicked back because they missed a few conditions at my VA exams. I was found unfit? If every PEBLO is supposed to know...

I understand your frustration, as my PEBLO doesn't know what she's doing either. Keep your head up and remember that your MEB/PEB is going faster than the vast majority do. My MEB/PEB process reaches it's one year anniversary next month.

My base has a very small clinic. We actually don't have a patient advocate. I guess I could contact Lackland's patient advocate, but I don't know if they help airmen at other bases. I have my VA rep at Lackland, but they don't seem to have a strong handle on the MEB/PEB process. They just know...

So far, from diagnosis to IPEB, my case has taken 11 months. (See case history in my other post) My doctor conveniently forgot to initiate the MEB. I don't even think that the process is the problem. The problem is that it's not enforced. A doctor won't get in trouble if they "forget" to start...

Hey I'm new here. I'm going to start off with a brief overview of my MEB/PEB process. I'm a 21 year old A1C who puts on SrA in about 4 months (4E051) and my health deteriorated after a serious car accident. Conditions: asthma, prostating migraines, ADHD-PI, adjustment disorder w/ anxiety and...