Hi all, new to the forum and seems to be a lot of helpful individuals on here. Below is what I’ve went through thus far.
-Served 8 years as Security Forces and 2 years in cyber
-Diagnosed with stage II lung cancer in Jan of 2017
-Had lobectomy in Feb of 2017, which after I have continued to have issues including asthma
-Beginning of 2018 the MEB process started
-April of 2018 had appt with pcm and discussed on-going issued and was also told my asthma was not included
-A week later the first decision came back with 0%
-Decided to do FPEB and was appointed a date to be there end of May and chose to use OAC since I can’t afford civilian counsel.
-3 days before appearing they switch me to a different counselor and when I showed up he said that I had nothing to support my appeal.
-Fast-forward to final decision staying 0% discharge w/severance and separated about 2 months ago
-Mid Dec I received decision from VA and they are now rating me at 30% for the condition I got 0% for DoD, total 80% VA with other service connected conditions
Just trying to see what my best options are moving forward to try and upgrade to retirement since I’ve only been out 2 months. I have read about filing with AFDRB and AFBCMR. Thanks in advance....
-Served 8 years as Security Forces and 2 years in cyber
-Diagnosed with stage II lung cancer in Jan of 2017
-Had lobectomy in Feb of 2017, which after I have continued to have issues including asthma
-Beginning of 2018 the MEB process started
-April of 2018 had appt with pcm and discussed on-going issued and was also told my asthma was not included
-A week later the first decision came back with 0%
-Decided to do FPEB and was appointed a date to be there end of May and chose to use OAC since I can’t afford civilian counsel.
-3 days before appearing they switch me to a different counselor and when I showed up he said that I had nothing to support my appeal.
-Fast-forward to final decision staying 0% discharge w/severance and separated about 2 months ago
-Mid Dec I received decision from VA and they are now rating me at 30% for the condition I got 0% for DoD, total 80% VA with other service connected conditions
Just trying to see what my best options are moving forward to try and upgrade to retirement since I’ve only been out 2 months. I have read about filing with AFDRB and AFBCMR. Thanks in advance....