I was discharged from the Marine Corps in 2007 General Under Honorable for a condition not considered a disability. I had help from the my local service officer in getting my discharge upgraded from General under honorable to just an honorable shortly after getting out. I still have the Condition not a disability reason though. I really learned how much my 1st Sgt had it out for me after I got out. They did a lot to try to screw me over.
I broke my ankle in the boot camp, kept going and it got worse, causing a dead talus bone. My doctor recommended me for discharge saying originally that "the service member will also require on going therapy and possible surgical interventions later." My command later asked for another memorandum with that removed, and a correction to add the date (I still have copies of both memorandums). I got out and was later rated 30% by the VA, 10% for my ankle, 0% for both knees and 10% for each shoulder.
I applied for the PDBR process a few years back but was denied because I didn't qualify, being I was discharged for a condition not a disability. The board recommended submitting for a change to the BCNR.
What would be a good process here? From what I'm seeing, I probably should have gone through the MEB process before being separated. I also found a Military.com article showing that the Navy often misused the separation for "condition not a disability", also looks like my "condition" isn't a listed condition for use in that type of separation.
I broke my ankle in the boot camp, kept going and it got worse, causing a dead talus bone. My doctor recommended me for discharge saying originally that "the service member will also require on going therapy and possible surgical interventions later." My command later asked for another memorandum with that removed, and a correction to add the date (I still have copies of both memorandums). I got out and was later rated 30% by the VA, 10% for my ankle, 0% for both knees and 10% for each shoulder.
I applied for the PDBR process a few years back but was denied because I didn't qualify, being I was discharged for a condition not a disability. The board recommended submitting for a change to the BCNR.
What would be a good process here? From what I'm seeing, I probably should have gone through the MEB process before being separated. I also found a Military.com article showing that the Navy often misused the separation for "condition not a disability", also looks like my "condition" isn't a listed condition for use in that type of separation.