Hello Everyone,
In 2021 I got sent to the PEB for Type 1 Diabetes and got 60% VA and DOD. Since then I have been reexamined and the IPEB came back and its trying to lower my rating from 60% to 20%, solely based off the fact that my A1C has improved and "stabilized". I am on an insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor that helps me manage my disease around the clock and has led to me having a lowered A1C at the time of the re examination. My A1C will always fluxuate and it has gone up since the re examination. I have contacted the ODC and am going through the process of the FPEB, which is scheduled 14 Feb. I have gotten my civilian doctor write me a personal letter describing my condition (my doctor is also a Type 1 Diabetic so he has personal experience with the disease), and my attorney said that it was the best letter she has ever seen a provider write for a patient. I also wrote a personal letter, and so did my wife who is a nurse. I have also gathered all of my medical records since I have been out of the Air Force that show the required items to be at least 40% (what we are fighting for) like regulation of activities, multiple daily insulin injections and restricted diet. Is this enough? Our plan is to submit a "written summary contention" hopefully having them accept to only lower to 40% (keeping my tricare) and avoiding the hearing all together. Has anyone gone through this process and been successful?
In 2021 I got sent to the PEB for Type 1 Diabetes and got 60% VA and DOD. Since then I have been reexamined and the IPEB came back and its trying to lower my rating from 60% to 20%, solely based off the fact that my A1C has improved and "stabilized". I am on an insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor that helps me manage my disease around the clock and has led to me having a lowered A1C at the time of the re examination. My A1C will always fluxuate and it has gone up since the re examination. I have contacted the ODC and am going through the process of the FPEB, which is scheduled 14 Feb. I have gotten my civilian doctor write me a personal letter describing my condition (my doctor is also a Type 1 Diabetic so he has personal experience with the disease), and my attorney said that it was the best letter she has ever seen a provider write for a patient. I also wrote a personal letter, and so did my wife who is a nurse. I have also gathered all of my medical records since I have been out of the Air Force that show the required items to be at least 40% (what we are fighting for) like regulation of activities, multiple daily insulin injections and restricted diet. Is this enough? Our plan is to submit a "written summary contention" hopefully having them accept to only lower to 40% (keeping my tricare) and avoiding the hearing all together. Has anyone gone through this process and been successful?
