Ok...where do I start. I am going through a MEB right now. It just got started. I have never gone through something like this of course so I don't know the first thing about this stuff. I have been diagnosed with a Severe TBI, chronic adjustment disorder with depression, anxiety, with sub clinical PTSD, migraines, tennis elbow, I have a bulging disc, I have lordosis of the spine. I am getting ready to hit 20 years of military service in less than a year. I am interested in trying to figure out if anyone can tell me what the percentages are of my diagnosis, or tell me where I can go to find out. I am going to have another nueropsych evaluation this Friday to determine what my cognitive abilities are. Please HELP!!
HELP!!!
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Your diagnoses do very little to help understand the rating. The severity does, and they can range widely. I recommend militarydisabilitymadeeasy.com for a pretty decent translation of the VASRD. Each condition has criteria they look at to determine the rating, and some can be non-obvious.
Example, migraines, you may have them everyday, and they may make your life in general suck. 0% rating. Its not until they are considered "prostrating" that a rating starts happening. Generally, some indication that you stop being able to do things until the migraine is under control. Understanding these things can be important, its not unheard of someone spending their time with the doc complaining of pain and frequency, as those are what you want to have stop, and completely fail to mention the things the migraines stop you from doing, which is quite important for a rating.
More important than that though, is you want to make sure your process goes slowly. There are some reporting their MEB is complete in 3-4 months. You want to reach 20 years. Read up on CRDP if you don't understand why. For the majority, their rating percentages are only mildly important compared to reaching 20 years.
Example, migraines, you may have them everyday, and they may make your life in general suck. 0% rating. Its not until they are considered "prostrating" that a rating starts happening. Generally, some indication that you stop being able to do things until the migraine is under control. Understanding these things can be important, its not unheard of someone spending their time with the doc complaining of pain and frequency, as those are what you want to have stop, and completely fail to mention the things the migraines stop you from doing, which is quite important for a rating.
More important than that though, is you want to make sure your process goes slowly. There are some reporting their MEB is complete in 3-4 months. You want to reach 20 years. Read up on CRDP if you don't understand why. For the majority, their rating percentages are only mildly important compared to reaching 20 years.
Welcome to the PEB Forum!
Since the DoD IDES MEB/PEB process is a performance-based system, one important factor is the impact of the medical condition(s) upon your ability to perform duties appropriate to your rank and job skill.
As such, I would like to direct your attention to my PEB Forum URL thread for a detailed explanation about the entire DoD IDES process as follows:
http://www.pebforum.com/site/threads/a-detailed-explanation-of-the-dod-ides-meb-peb-process.22807/
In reference to any potential DoVA proposed ratings with your military medical conditions at this point, I would suggest that you review 38 CFR VASRD at the following URL for detailed information:
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfr4_main_02.tpl
Moreover, it is highly important that you reach 20 years of active federal military service in order to be qualified for Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP) compensation which is thoroughly explained at the DFAS website http://www.dfas.mil/retiredmilitary/disability/crdp.html.
With that all said, please remain "positively proactive" upon your referral and acceptance while in the DoD IDES process! At that point, never default acceptance to any injustices; fight then continue to fight some more until receipt of your desired expectations supportive via medical evidence and/or medical documentation! Take care!
Thus, I quite often comment that "possessing well-informed knowledge is truly a powerful equalizer."
Best Wishes!
Not trying to jack your thread, but I'm also in need of some help or guidance. I am in the Army teaching ROTC but go to an Airforce clinic for medical treatment. Me and my provider have talked about my various injuries from a parachute accident that I had five years ago. So with me being in the Army and having a Airforce doc initiating a permeant profile and med board, how is that going to work?
I see no reason for the doctor's branch of service to be an issue. As long as they are documenting ALL your limitations, who writes it doesn't strike me as an issue. Unless doc is misdefining what a P3 is, then the MEB will just kick it back saying you meet retention standards. If the limitations are properly documented, that would happen with an Army doc too, they can make mistakes like that as well.
My doc is great, I had several injuries to my neck, lower back, right shoulder, and right hip due to the accident and he is refreshing the injuries so to speak with having me redue MRIs and evaluations before submitting P3 and MEB. My concerns started this summer when one of my NCOs was put in for a P3 by his Airforce doc and it wasn't showing up on the Army side and had to have it put in during summer training at Knox
Also I'm wondering about being medical retired and what rank will they retire me as? I am an O3E with 6 years as an Officer and was an E6 when I made the leap over. Any info would be appreciated
P3 needs a second signature and that's usually routed automatically through the e-profile. Most likely the doc will be hand jamming a profile. I will bet your NCO's profile wasn't officially permanent, i.e. second signature. I'd try contacting the nearest Army MTF for guidance on the second signature, or whatever CORPS HQ you fall under. I did some MAR2s for ROTC people when at ICORPS, so when it comes to medically processing I am pretty sure CORPS would be the one helping.
You retire with highest rank, the rule about 10 years or whatever it is doesn't apply for involuntary retirement, only voluntary. Disability retirement is always involuntary, military won't cover a disability you gained on purpose.
You retire with highest rank, the rule about 10 years or whatever it is doesn't apply for involuntary retirement, only voluntary. Disability retirement is always involuntary, military won't cover a disability you gained on purpose.
ScoutCC, I appreciate the advice man. I've been able to tough out the injuries for years since my PA had me on a healthy dose of testosterone replacement, cortisone shots, and percocets. Now I got my test to normal levels and my muscle mass rapidly reducing as well, my body function, pain, and rom is going back to were i was after the accident and just got me concerned about the outcome and possibly losing my retirement
I have a question for anyone on the forum that may know the answer. I am in the Army but get seen at a AFB and my PCM has gone over my injuries and believes I need to start an MEB and hopefully get medically retired. So my question is, do you have to get a permanent profile first to be referred to an MEB or can he start the process without it?
yes- your physician needs to initiate a P3 profile in the Army electronic system.