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Do any of you know if the severance pay placed you in a higher tax bracket with the IRS? Just wondering if I need to plan to be charged extra taxes as I will be receiving severance pay sometime in December this year. If that’s the case it’s kind of messed up for the government to pay you for a...

Thanks for your input RonG!

I just wanted to start a new thread on disability severance pay and how it works as it seems many people on here have questions about it, including me, but aren’t getting solid answers. Please provide any input you have on this topic to help others out. What I know about it is you should receive...

**UPDATE** 35. 30 AUG I receive my orders from Transitions and begin out-processing. I’m given a discharge date of 18 NOV 2022 but submit a DA Form 4187 to change it to 27 NOV as Finance and Transitions both inform me that a discharge date before the 20th of the month will result in DFAS over...

@Provis and Oxalate, thank you for your input. I understand the points you both made and I did think on these things. The truth of the matter is my wife does not like Tricare at all and would rather pay out of pocket so she can choose the specific doctor/place she wants to go. Tricare prime and...

**UPDATE** 33. 19 AUG, PEBLO notifies me that my 199 form is complete and emails it to me along with my VA letter with proposed ratings. 0% DoD and 90% VA. I accepted the ratings after thinking on it half the day, I will explain below. 34. 22 AUG, I call the Fort Stuart Transitions office and...

**UPDATE** 32. PEBLO emailed me today, 12 AUG, and notified me that the VA has submitted ratings back to the PEB and my claim is now in a pending typing status with the PEB. I assume that means they are working on typing up my 199 form.

They did the same thing with me for Bruxism. I didn’t even claim that but I guess the dentist annotated it. They added that and sleep disorder with the mental issues bumping it up to 50% just like you. I’m just concerned I will have to appeal it since they didn’t put my referred condition...

Were you able to get the letter from the VA? I also called them yesterday and the guy emailed it to me, although it’s not the official letter yet. I got the email about 15 minutes after he sent it. My only issue with it is they didn’t mention my referred condition which is Fibromyalgia. Instead...

Sorry to hear that. They often times tell you timelines that are far out but then your stuff happens earlier, not every time but a lot of times that happens. I think they just don’t want you getting anxious and calling them all the time if they give you a shorter timeline and it’s getting close...

Sorry to hear that, I understand. It’s a lot to handle and really wears you down but you are in the last stretch. They kept giving me long timelines too and telling me things are backlogged.

You should be getting your ratings very soon it sounds like to me. When my claim was sent to the VA by the PEB for my ratings I was told between 60 and 130 days before I’d get my ratings! My claim was sent to the VA on July 18th and today I checked va.gov and my claim was closed so I called my...

New update to above timeline: 31. 08 AUG I check my claim on VA.gov and see they closed my claim and sent me a decision letter stating I should receive it in 7 to 10 business days. I contact my VA MSC who tells me the VA gave me a combined rating of 90% and they are now waiting for DoD to send...

It was actually between items 4 and 7 that I was awaiting MDRP determination from the MEB. It took about 7 weeks from when I first was referred to the MEB by my PCM until I received my MRDP review from the MEB. If it’s been over a month for you then you should be getting word on it soon I would...

I am an Army E6 stationed with CENTCOM at MacDill AFB in Tampa, FL. As it is a Joint command here all Army MEBs are sent to Fort Stuart, GA for processing. I have one referred condition and its for Fibromyalgia. I also have 12 other claimed conditions. I hope this timeline can help others in...

Don’t loose hope, it will come through eventually. I completed my C&P exams on April 25th and all DBQs were uploaded in TOL the beginning of May. I’m still awaiting my NARSUM but was told my PEBLO just received the results from my C&P exams a few days ago. My VA MSC said I should be completed...

Sorry to hear that. They do tell you that it can take up to 45 days though. The more things you claim the longer it takes and certain conditions take them longer to review as well so maybe that’s why it’s taking yours so long. I actually reached out to my VA MSC and asked her if she knew the...

You are welcome. Did the VA call it Polyarthropathy on your forms too? Just wondering if like you said that’s more common in the VA world than Fibromyalgia.

I hope it goes well for you. I am also going through the MEB process for Fibromyalgia, although on all the paperwork it states Polyarthropathy of the neck, back, and shoulders. It doesn’t take long for QTC to schedule all your appointments, at least in my experience. It took about 3 weeks from...

Will do! Thanks!