Long story short my packet was sent in from my peblo to the va on 16dec15. i havent heard anything back since. ebennies says its basically waiting for "pending decision approval" .And no word on my fit unfit status... ive called tons of places to find out why my med board hasnt came in, and also is it possible for the va ratings to be waiting on a fit unfit finding?
Stuck In Limbo
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Check to see if you have a historical claim in the system. Mine says it was received 12/14 and closed 2/9. This implies unfit and the case is sent back to the PEB to apply ratings. I'm expecting another 2 months. If I'm wrong feel free to correct me! Best of luck. 
its still open on ebennies, but the va called me back and said its in the finalization process and i should have atleast heard my ratings percentage already.im trying to call the peblo now. on another note she sent an inquiry to the processing center to give me a call . good news, now lets hope my peblo can see my ratingsCheck to see if you have a historical claim in the system. Mine says it was received 12/14 and closed 2/9. This implies unfit and the case is sent back to the PEB to apply ratings. I'm expecting another 2 months. If I'm wrong feel free to correct me! Best of luck.
according to my peblo she hasnt recieved anything yet.. bummer.. i dont know if this is true or not but does she get access to the ratings or can she only see them after my med board is done. shes giving me the impression that she wont recieve anything until they are both done. any thoughts, and if its getting finalized am i fit or unfit? this is so aggravating.
@Navy10 Your paperwork if it has already left the VA, would then go to the IPEB which figures out if you are fit or unfit for duty. If unfit, then they use your VA ratings to determine what DOD rating to give you. Once determined, they forward to the PEBLO and the PEBLO contacts you and sends you paperwork to sign. If you do not agree with the % that you get, you can appeal (I would talk with an IDES attorney before accepting or appealing). If you appeal, it goes to a Formal Board in Washington D.C. which could be about 6-8 weeks out. You would not be notified for a few weeks of when it will be and the attorney might not contact you until 2 weeks before your appeal date. What I am trying to tell you, is don't hang out by the phone unless they told you to. They will contact you when they get the information. But if it feels better for you to do it, call them every two weeks.
My timeline was this:
May 2015 started MEB
June 2015 C&P Exam
August 2015 VA completed their ratings
November 2015 Notified by PEBLO of findings after Thanksgiving TDRL 30/90
December 2015 Appealed for Formal Board
January 2016 1st week notified of formal board date
January notified last week contacted by Attorney
February 2016 Did not have to do Formal Board as my Attorney submitted a package that was approved in my favor giving 80% DOD and PDRL
March 2016 PSD contacted me on how I wanted to use my leave.
April 21st 2016 Official retirement date
My timeline was this:
May 2015 started MEB
June 2015 C&P Exam
August 2015 VA completed their ratings
November 2015 Notified by PEBLO of findings after Thanksgiving TDRL 30/90
December 2015 Appealed for Formal Board
January 2016 1st week notified of formal board date
January notified last week contacted by Attorney
February 2016 Did not have to do Formal Board as my Attorney submitted a package that was approved in my favor giving 80% DOD and PDRL
March 2016 PSD contacted me on how I wanted to use my leave.
April 21st 2016 Official retirement date
@Navy10 Also, your ebenefits may not get updated until you accept your findings and get your DD214 and send it to the VA rep that you were working with during your MEB which will make sure your VA information is updated and VA benefits started. Remember that until you agree with your findings they are only preliminary. FYI my information is also still pending in ebenefits.