Hello all,
I've scoured the internet trying to find an answer to my question, including here on PEB Forum, reddit, google results, DoD/Navy instructions, policies, regulations, everywhere, and have been unable to find a clear answer. My current command is full of incompetent leadership and there's no one there who can help me. Skip to the last paragraph for my actual question.
I'm AD Navy. My PCM called me about two weeks ago to let me know he was writing a narrative summary, and would follow back up with me when it got approved by who I'm assuming is the MTF CO. Now, I already knew the narrative summary as MEB documentation, so I assumed right away he was referring me to an MEB. I later read his note on MHS that repeated that he was writing a NARSUM, which once approved would be entered into LIMDU Smart. That confused me, thinking that LIMDU smart must be a system only for LIMDU actions, but that the NARSUM is something part of an MEB that I thought occurs later on in the process. I've since learned LIMDU smart is not only for tracking LIMDU but also DES referral. Last Friday, he left a voicemail to let me know he submitted me for LIMDU and to talk to the LIMDU office there at the MTF, but did not mention an MEB. I'm in class all this week and will not have the time to go there, and am not able to access LIMDU smart from home to check for any updates.
Last week at work, I was able to read on LIMDU smart what my PCM had written up. I'm pretty sure it was under an "eMEBR" tab. It was very detailed and a few pages long - it did not look like the AMEBR 6100/5 form I've found online. It covered LIMDU specifications and I recall it as extending for a full 12 months and also that he had written I would be unlikely to participate in future PRTs. It included a long, uncomfortably detailed historical summary of not only the referring condition, but 10+ years of psych history as well, directly quoted from my last psych intake note and even his own thoughts as to what my psych diagnosis(es) could be. He had also checked a box that said "Warrants referral to PEB".
This turned into a lot longer of a background story than I meant, so if you've read all this I appreciate it. My actual question is: can being referred to LIMDU lead directly into an MEB/PEB before the LIMDU period is over? Based on what I've read, it seems like LIMDU referrals get reviewed by an MEB and so the logical conclusion would seem that it could. I've looked at others' timelines here and there are plenty who did not do a full LIMDU period before being referred to an MEB. I'm also assuming that the long, detailed report (that is possibly an eMEBR and not just an AMEBR), along with the checked "warrants referral to PEB" box, points strongly that an MEB is coming. There's also the fact that my PCM said he wrote a NARSUM, which I don't think is used in just a LIMDU referral? He's a good doctor and experienced PCM at a Naval clinic, so I don't think he would mix up an actual NARSUM with some other report.
I've scoured the internet trying to find an answer to my question, including here on PEB Forum, reddit, google results, DoD/Navy instructions, policies, regulations, everywhere, and have been unable to find a clear answer. My current command is full of incompetent leadership and there's no one there who can help me. Skip to the last paragraph for my actual question.
I'm AD Navy. My PCM called me about two weeks ago to let me know he was writing a narrative summary, and would follow back up with me when it got approved by who I'm assuming is the MTF CO. Now, I already knew the narrative summary as MEB documentation, so I assumed right away he was referring me to an MEB. I later read his note on MHS that repeated that he was writing a NARSUM, which once approved would be entered into LIMDU Smart. That confused me, thinking that LIMDU smart must be a system only for LIMDU actions, but that the NARSUM is something part of an MEB that I thought occurs later on in the process. I've since learned LIMDU smart is not only for tracking LIMDU but also DES referral. Last Friday, he left a voicemail to let me know he submitted me for LIMDU and to talk to the LIMDU office there at the MTF, but did not mention an MEB. I'm in class all this week and will not have the time to go there, and am not able to access LIMDU smart from home to check for any updates.
Last week at work, I was able to read on LIMDU smart what my PCM had written up. I'm pretty sure it was under an "eMEBR" tab. It was very detailed and a few pages long - it did not look like the AMEBR 6100/5 form I've found online. It covered LIMDU specifications and I recall it as extending for a full 12 months and also that he had written I would be unlikely to participate in future PRTs. It included a long, uncomfortably detailed historical summary of not only the referring condition, but 10+ years of psych history as well, directly quoted from my last psych intake note and even his own thoughts as to what my psych diagnosis(es) could be. He had also checked a box that said "Warrants referral to PEB".
This turned into a lot longer of a background story than I meant, so if you've read all this I appreciate it. My actual question is: can being referred to LIMDU lead directly into an MEB/PEB before the LIMDU period is over? Based on what I've read, it seems like LIMDU referrals get reviewed by an MEB and so the logical conclusion would seem that it could. I've looked at others' timelines here and there are plenty who did not do a full LIMDU period before being referred to an MEB. I'm also assuming that the long, detailed report (that is possibly an eMEBR and not just an AMEBR), along with the checked "warrants referral to PEB" box, points strongly that an MEB is coming. There's also the fact that my PCM said he wrote a NARSUM, which I don't think is used in just a LIMDU referral? He's a good doctor and experienced PCM at a Naval clinic, so I don't think he would mix up an actual NARSUM with some other report.
