Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis Timeline

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eerf123

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Finally got some movement on my case so I figured id post my timeline.

July 2019 - Started on Humira to treat Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Aug 2019 - Code 31 applied for above
SEP 2019 - Feb 2020 - DAWG review and surveillance, NARSUM started by PCM
Mar 2020 - Code 37 applied
July 2020 - New PCM - asked for additional medical records from off base docs
July 9th - Received call from CC requesting input on AF1185
 
Thanks for sharing your update. Best wishes.
 
July 2019 - Started on Humira to treat Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Aug 2019 - Code 31 applied for above
SEP 2019 - Feb 2020 - DAWG review and surveillance, NARSUM started by PCM
Mar 2020 - Code 37 applied
July 2020 - New PCM - asked for additional medical records from off base docs
July 9th - Received call from CC requesting input on AF1185
July 16th - Received initial NARSUM and AF1185 from PEBLO
July 30th - Signed AF1185 and returned to PEBLO
 
July 2019 - Started on Humira to treat Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Aug 2019 - Code 31 applied for above
SEP 2019 - Feb 2020 - DAWG review and surveillance, NARSUM started by PCM
Mar 2020 - Code 37 applied
July 2020 - New PCM - asked for additional medical records from off base docs
July 9th - Received call from CC requesting input on AF1185
July 16th - Received initial NARSUM and AF1185 from PEBLO
July 30th - Signed AF1185 and returned to PEBLO
July 31st - IRILO package sent to AFPC with a DAWG recommendation of RTD as a well as a CC retain
 
Yeah, but that’s just the DAWG though, we will see what AFPC says.
 
July 2019 - Started on Humira to treat Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Aug 2019 - Code 31 applied for above
SEP 2019 - Feb 2020 - DAWG review and surveillance, NARSUM started by PCM
Mar 2020 - Code 37 applied
July 2020 - New PCM - asked for additional medical records from off base docs
July 9th - Received call from CC requesting input on AF1185
July 16th - Received initial NARSUM and AF1185 from PEBLO
July 30th - Signed AF1185 and returned to PEBLO
July 31st - IRILO package sent to AFPC with a DAWG recommendation of RTD as a well as a CC retain
Aug 7th - AFPC/DP2NP decides case: Return to Duty with Assignment Limitation Code C-2
 
Did your commander recommend retain? I'm being med boarded for humira/psoriatic arthritis and figured that it always led to an unfit determination by the board. My commander recommended non-retain and AFPC recommended full MEB.
 
Yes, he did recommend retain and your correct, every other case I've heard about with similar conditions have been found unfit. I'm not sure why mine was different, I can speculate that it is because I'm only about 6 months away from 20 years and by the time the case would have finished I would have been at 20, so maybe they figured, why bother.

In your case, if your CC recommended a non-retain and AFPC recommended a full MEB then its nearly a certainty that you will be separated/retired.
Only 5% of AF people that enter the full MEB phase are retained.
 
Commanders frequently recommend retain for good troops regardless of their medical condition. I was rated a 100% DoD, but had a retain from my GO. Had a friend with ALS recommended retain by his commander. Being recommended retain by your commander does not mean the PEB will agree with your commander.
 
chaplaincharlie said:
Commanders frequently recommend retain for good troops regardless of their medical condition. I was rated a 100% DoD, but had a retain from my GO. Had a friend with ALS recommended retain by his commander. Being recommended retain by your commander does not mean the PEB will agree with your commander.
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In my case I never made it to the PEB, they RTDd me in the IRILO phase.
 
are you in a critically manned AFSC?
 
Negatgive on the critical AFSC, although I have a slew of special experience identifiers tagged to me
 
chaplaincharlie said:
Commanders frequently recommend retain for good troops regardless of their medical condition. I was rated a 100% DoD, but had a retain from my GO. Had a friend with ALS recommended retain by his commander. Being recommended retain by your commander does not mean the PEB will agree with your commander.
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But if you want to be separated, would you still press for a recommendation for retain? Or in that case would a non retain be best?
 
HLHL said:
But if you want to be separated, would you still press for a recommendation for retain? Or in that case would a non retain be best?
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I was 100% honest with my CC as soon as I found out about my MEB that I wish for him to mark me as 'non-retain.'
 
HLHL said:
But if you want to be separated, would you still press for a recommendation for retain? Or in that case would a non retain be best?
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I did not want to be retained the second time through the PEB process. I told my GO, I was physically functioning at about 40%. He still wrote a retain.

It would be better to have a commander's letter than supports your desired outcome. Despite a retain from my GO, the IPEB looked at my medical records and retired me. My point is that a command letter one way or the other will not override strong medical facts.
 
eerf123 said:
I’m good with it, being worried about making it to 20 was causing me lots of anxiety. Now I’ll just file a normal VA claim when I retire.
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Curious as to why you were concerned about making 20 years if you were already 19 years and 6 months? Wouldn't the rebuttals, IMR, and appeals to FPEB and permissive tdy/out-processing time all but guarantee you would make it to 20 years before the decisions was made.

Also, by not going through the PEB are you not costing yourself money.

I.E. Systemic Therapy for Psoriasis = 60%, plus what ever the psoriatic arthrtis gives you.

So wouldn't your retired pay be greater than your your 50% up to 75% depending on DOD percentage?
 
Most likely it would have stretched past my 20 yes, but there Was always a chance that it wouldnt. I don’t think the DOD retired pay would change cause of CRDP.
im pretty sure I would still only get a 50% max. At least that’s how it has been explained to me on this board
 
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