I have been in the Army for almost 19 years a d am an E8. I have had multiple injuries and medical issues in my career, but they have never held me back. That is, until my unit removed my from my 1sg position and told me to "heal up". They then madde it their mission, through the unit PA and medical officer to get me into the MEB. It took two attempts but they finally succeeded. I have had 6 surgeries and many procedures due to my jump injury and have held several high profile and demanding duty positions since then while injured. Both of my MEB submissions have come while I was only 3 to 6 weeks post-op and before all scheduled surteries and treatments were completed. My PCM is the worst I have ever encountered, only does what the unit needs and tells him too, and has had minimal interaction with my case for more than a year. My unit has black-balled and degraded my position and character, the medical/IDES system have labeled me as a non-compliant malingerer, and the MEB/IDES system has abused me and made my life a living hell since DEC 2014. Every time I try to be an advocate for myself, or use the chain of command and medical system in order to get the IDES system to be reasonable, they have only held me down further or made life and recovery more difficult for me. I feel as though there is nothing I can do and it is evident, to myself and many other professionals and personnel that this system is not on my side and is out to see that I leav my honorable career as quickly and with as little compensation as possible.
I just received my NARSUM and it is atrocious. It paints me as a "non-compliant" malingerer who "seeks out surgeries and tries to skirt or circumvent the medical system for my own gain". It has admin errors, including mis-spelling my name. It is mising diagnoses and has things added that should not be. There are many stated opinions of the writer present and they changed my origional profile and DA form to incude a second condition that was not origionally listed. I was alsoadvisecd, poorly, by many along the way in the IDES system on "what I should do or say if I want to stay in or get out". This was to include the VA MSC and shrink telling me that if I declined the mental health exam that the MEB could not list anxiety, depression, or PTSD onthe DA form. The NARSUM and DA form include PTSD and recommend that I be placed in a "protective environment" due to my PTSD and that I "may not be able to Soldier any longer", even though the treatment I seek is voluntary and the meds I am on have never affected my performance. I have deployed twice with this diagnosis and have had it for years. It is evident that the MEB is out to get me, if only in some small way. I have made complaints at very high levels in attempt to get people to do the right things but have only been met with confrontation and personal/medical attacks at every turn. I have been medically cleared by my occupational therapist and both of my surgeons for the referred conditions. This essentially makes them no longer conditions IAW AR 40-501. The MEB physician did an amazing job at "cherry picking" the choicest patient encounter notes, medical snippets and historical digital data to support her opinion, my PA, the MEB, and the Division. I feel as though there is nothing that I can do as I have been told by the PEBLO that no matter what I do, my packet "will go to the PEB". Many medical professionals have asked why the MEB is so set on puting me through this and wasting their time when there are more pressing cases to be completed. To this I can only assume that it's because I am fighting or have made certain medical personnel angry. This process and the personnel running it are tyrants only driven by "timelines, numbers, the draw-down, cutbacks, and senior base leadership pressure". They have also exceeded and padded their own timeline but only when it has suited them and at my expense. I have not prolonged or tried to hinder this process, but they themselves have. I see legal tomorrow, but they are two weeks behind and I don't think anyone else can help me. I understand the remainder of this process I regrds to IMR and appeals, but have been told that they will not help no matter what I do. Any advice you can provide is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I just received my NARSUM and it is atrocious. It paints me as a "non-compliant" malingerer who "seeks out surgeries and tries to skirt or circumvent the medical system for my own gain". It has admin errors, including mis-spelling my name. It is mising diagnoses and has things added that should not be. There are many stated opinions of the writer present and they changed my origional profile and DA form to incude a second condition that was not origionally listed. I was alsoadvisecd, poorly, by many along the way in the IDES system on "what I should do or say if I want to stay in or get out". This was to include the VA MSC and shrink telling me that if I declined the mental health exam that the MEB could not list anxiety, depression, or PTSD onthe DA form. The NARSUM and DA form include PTSD and recommend that I be placed in a "protective environment" due to my PTSD and that I "may not be able to Soldier any longer", even though the treatment I seek is voluntary and the meds I am on have never affected my performance. I have deployed twice with this diagnosis and have had it for years. It is evident that the MEB is out to get me, if only in some small way. I have made complaints at very high levels in attempt to get people to do the right things but have only been met with confrontation and personal/medical attacks at every turn. I have been medically cleared by my occupational therapist and both of my surgeons for the referred conditions. This essentially makes them no longer conditions IAW AR 40-501. The MEB physician did an amazing job at "cherry picking" the choicest patient encounter notes, medical snippets and historical digital data to support her opinion, my PA, the MEB, and the Division. I feel as though there is nothing that I can do as I have been told by the PEBLO that no matter what I do, my packet "will go to the PEB". Many medical professionals have asked why the MEB is so set on puting me through this and wasting their time when there are more pressing cases to be completed. To this I can only assume that it's because I am fighting or have made certain medical personnel angry. This process and the personnel running it are tyrants only driven by "timelines, numbers, the draw-down, cutbacks, and senior base leadership pressure". They have also exceeded and padded their own timeline but only when it has suited them and at my expense. I have not prolonged or tried to hinder this process, but they themselves have. I see legal tomorrow, but they are two weeks behind and I don't think anyone else can help me. I understand the remainder of this process I regrds to IMR and appeals, but have been told that they will not help no matter what I do. Any advice you can provide is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
