Recent content by Perci75

Congrats on your retirement! I too was AF and just went through this entire process last year. Look at some of my threads and you can see the timelines we went through. Most of your questions/support will probably be answered here in these forums.

Although you don't have to enroll in the SBP, the briefing is required for AF retirees. The SBP (accepted or declined) is part of the DD Form 2656 which initiates your retired pay account with DFAS. The DD Form 2656 will initiate the further directives you receive from the office of the...

Once you receive the favorable letter for retirement from the PDBR, you will have to wait for new orders and new DD214 (or DD215), go to a military ID (RAPIDS) site with the orders and dd214 to be updated in DEERS before anything will change in milConnect. At this point the "RET" tab will now be...

The SBP is part of the DD Form 2656 (Data for Payment of Retired Personnel). If you are more then 50 miles from a military installation (your branch of service) the SBP brief will be done via phone and the DD 2656 emailed to you to fill out and send back. At least this his how the Air Force did...

I just finished the entire PDBR process. Each branch is a bit different when it comes to the process. Air Force process is daunting. To answer a couple of your questions, once you receive your orders and new DD214 (could be DD215 depending on branch) you should proceed to your nearest...

I can give you my scenario: I received severance pay in 2004 when I was med sep, was retired by the PDBR last year and owed 14.5 years of retirement back pay. Because I was retired, by law, I was no longer eligible for the severance pay I received. This means I can no longer look at this as a...

The Air Force was put in charge of the PDBR process for all service branches. When hey AF is done with their part they will send to the respective branches decision authority for final approval.

When you get your ID cards you are in DEERS as retired. I was able to log into Milconnect.com and enroll in Tricare at that point with no issues. I could generate a "proof of insurance" letter as well. Not sure how all this impacts ChampVA? DFAS is a whole different ball game for us Air...

I signed the flat rate $1750 form they gave us initially. Didnt fill out a 1040X.

Well the premiums don’t get paid back, the out of pocket medical bills from my understanding can be claimed. I think there is some threads on here of people working on getting reimbursed for these. Quoting this from Heath.mil: You may request to have TRICARE retroactively reimburse your...

I never had any out of pocket medical bills. Both my wife and I are disabled vets and use(d) VA over the years. I chose to keep my employer insurance over the last 10 years, it was cheap and for the occasional urgent care visits. Once I was retired mil I obviously dropped my employer insurance...

I received the same news. Tricare will not pay back premiums paid to another insurance company.

Received my check yesterday from IRS. The check was almost double what I was expecting due to almost 15 years of interest.

There are some serious procedure issues in how the AF handles the PDBR cases. Unfortunately filing IG complaints to help push this process is our last avenue. Hopefully these complaints will shed some light on the issues to be resolved and help others in this process behind us.

I had to file an IG complaint to get anything happen from my side. DFAS continued to tell me they did not receive and orders/DD214 from AFPC. Use the AFIG email to start: [email protected]. I didn't hear anything back for a week so I called the hotline 1-800-525-0102 and received and email...