Walter Reed / Fort Meade Dual Processing Timeline

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patches

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Hello all, sharing my timeline for science. Of note, I submitted VA exams before I was put in for a MEB via BDD, so my initial timeline is probably a bit compressed compared to others.

  • 12/3/25 - MEB referral
  • 12/8/25 - PEBLO intro
  • 12/9/25 - PEBLO/legal briefs
  • 12/11/25 - MSC meeting (added dependents) [added two conditions]
  • 1/29/26 - completed re-do of MH C&P exam due to provider never submitting
  • 2/9/26 - VA.gov shows completed IDES
  • 2/12/26 - NARSUM and DBQs sent for review, 17 Feb deadline for submission
  • 2/17/26 (tent) - Legal meeting and submission of NARSUM
  • 2/28/26 (tent) - Initial EAOS
 
Finally received board results with an updated timeline, below.
  • 12/3/25 - MEB referral
  • 12/8/25 - PEBLO intro
  • 12/9/25 - PEBLO/legal briefs
  • 12/11/25 - MSC meeting (added dependents) [added two conditions]
  • 1/29/26 - completed re-do of MH C&P exam due to provider never submitting
  • 2/6/26 - VA.gov shows completed IDES
  • 2/12/26 - NARSUM and DBQs sent for review, 17 Feb deadline for submission
  • 2/17/26 - Legal meeting and submission of NARSUM
  • 2/28/26 - Initial EAOS
  • 3/16/26 - PEB findings sent for review, 70% DOD 100% VA.
    • 103 days since MEB referral, 46 days since C&P exam completion, 27 days since NARSUM submission
 
patches said:
Finally received board results with an updated timeline, below.
  • 12/3/25 - MEB referral
  • 12/8/25 - PEBLO intro
  • 12/9/25 - PEBLO/legal briefs
  • 12/11/25 - MSC meeting (added dependents) [added two conditions]
  • 1/29/26 - completed re-do of MH C&P exam due to provider never submitting
  • 2/6/26 - VA.gov shows completed IDES
  • 2/12/26 - NARSUM and DBQs sent for review, 17 Feb deadline for submission
  • 2/17/26 - Legal meeting and submission of NARSUM
  • 2/28/26 - Initial EAOS
  • 3/16/26 - PEB findings sent for review, 70% DOD 100% VA.
    • 103 days since MEB referral, 46 days since C&P exam completion, 27 days since NARSUM submissioDi
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Is MH the only condition you have to get re-exam? Do you have other condition that is already rated by the VA before enter MEB?
 
patches said:
Finally received board results with an updated timeline, below.
  • 12/3/25 - MEB referral
  • 12/8/25 - PEBLO intro
  • 12/9/25 - PEBLO/legal briefs
  • 12/11/25 - MSC meeting (added dependents) [added two conditions]
  • 1/29/26 - completed re-do of MH C&P exam due to provider never submitting
  • 2/6/26 - VA.gov shows completed IDES
  • 2/12/26 - NARSUM and DBQs sent for review, 17 Feb deadline for submission
  • 2/17/26 - Legal meeting and submission of NARSUM
  • 2/28/26 - Initial EAOS
  • 3/16/26 - PEB findings sent for review, 70% DOD 100% VA.
    • 103 days since MEB referral, 46 days since C&P exam completion, 27 days since NARSUM submission
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You're very similar to my situation. I am being dual processed. I got my findings in early January, 70% DoD, 100% VA also. Got message traffic 23 Jan to retire TDRL 15 March, since I am dual process they had to contact PERS 832 and PERS 954 to coordinate the final decision with the SECNAV, that was sent out to PERS Jan 25th, been waiting ever since to see what SECNAV decides. Been radio silence so far. New retirement date was moved to Jun 15th. Since it sounds like you're waiting in the same boat as me I'll let you know when I get word.
 
Giang said:
Is MH the only condition you have to get re-exam? Do you have other condition that is already rated by the VA before enter MEB?
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Yes. The original exam I had back in November or December went over the 45 day time limit and my MSC ordered a new exam. Leidos QTC was the contracted exam provider both times. No explanation was given as to why the first exam did not go through.

The other examined conditions did not seem to be rated before entering the MEB.

Stryder said:
You're very similar to my situation. I am being dual processed. I got my findings in early January, 70% DoD, 100% VA also. Got message traffic 23 Jan to retire TDRL 15 March, since I am dual process they had to contact PERS 832 and PERS 954 to coordinate the final decision with the SECNAV, that was sent out to PERS Jan 25th, been waiting ever since to see what SECNAV decides. Been radio silence so far. New retirement date was moved to Jun 15th. Since it sounds like you're waiting in the same boat as me I'll let you know when I get word.
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Small world! That's a three month push to the right. I can't imagine what it's been like trying to find jobs with that kind of uncertainty. I am kind of hoping that I would receive a ~45 day retirement notice a few weeks from now, but that makes me worry a bit.
 
patches said:
Yes. The original exam I had back in November or December went over the 45 day time limit and my MSC ordered a new exam. Leidos QTC was the contracted exam provider both times. No explanation was given as to why the first exam did not go through.

The other examined conditions did not seem to be rated before entering the MEB.



Small world! That's a three month push to the right. I can't imagine what it's been like trying to find jobs with that kind of uncertainty. I am kind of hoping that I would receive a ~45 day retirement notice a few weeks from now, but that makes me worry a bit.
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Well that is the policy, so when you get the TDRL or PDRL message traffic with your name and date to retire on it, at the bottom there will be a caveat, line 8 I think, that says members being dual processed will have orders held in abeyance until dual processing is resolved. So the guidance for this states that your retirement date is pushed right 3 months to allow time for processing and if it isn't done in that time they push it right 3 months again and again and again if they have to until the final decision is made. Not fun at all, I was supposed to retire yesterday but alas I am still waiting on the machine to spit out an answer. I'm 22 years in so it's either medical retirement, length of service retirement or separate without retirement.
 
Just to give an update on my situation, so the SECNAV elected to give me my length of service retirement. I will be separated as an officer at the end of next month, re-enlisted May 1st back to being an E6 and will be moved into the fleet reserve May 31st. So not the ideal outcome as I will now probably have to re-do my VA claims again, but I am getting a retirement so still a big win. They could have told me to pound sand and separated me without a retirement. So this should demonstrate to some people (who are retirement eligible) that there can be a middle ground solution, it isn't always a binary choice. Best of luck to everyone dual processing!
 
Happy to hear there's a silver lining. Curious - the board found you unfit but you weren't medically retired @ 70%? You're still getting your High-3 with YOS though?

I accepted the PEB findings yesterday after legal consultation, so I'll probably have two or so more updates as message traffic and a DD-214 come through.
 
patches said:
Happy to hear there's a silver lining. Curious - the board found you unfit but you weren't medically retired @ 70%? You're still getting your High-3 with YOS though?

I accepted the PEB findings yesterday after legal consultation, so I'll probably have two or so more updates as message traffic and a DD-214 come through.
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Correct, I was found unfit, TDRL message came out but then they had to hold those orders in abeyance to finish the dual process. So PERS 954 and PERS 834 talk to each other and combined the med retirement package and admin sep package and routed it up to the SECNAV to make a decision. I had tendered my resignation prior to the medboard in exchange for a general discharge and to request my length of service retirement.

So the SECNAV looked at it all and elected to admin sep me as an officer but then reenlist me so I could be moved to the fleet reserve. The TDRL message came out listing me as a LT, so I think what happened is they said "well if me medically retired him, we have to do it as an LT and by law they'd have to make my discharge Honorable. They didn't like that so instead decided for optics sake that I was held accountable by admin sep'ing me as an officer. But then for the sake of equity decided to re-enlist me so I could have my enlisted retirement.

Now here is the key, when they admin sep me as an officer that kills the IDES process, the misconduct separation stops IDES in its tracks. Then the very next day when I come back as an E6 again it's with a clean slate, both legally and from a medboard process, it essentially no longer exists. So at that point they can't medically retire me, so I get length of service retirement. Dual process cases are inherently unique and difficult to navigate for the lay person and PERS isn't forthcoming with information on processes, these kind of unique circumstances are generalized in instructions but specifics that can matter to your case are often impossible to find.

So in your case you have accepted your findings, now you'll wait for the message to say to come back stating if you have been approved, with those percentages you should be. But the retirement date on that message won't mean shit because you'll be like me where they have to move the date to the right because now PERS has to route your stuff up to the SECNAV for decision. Mine took about 2 months to get a SECNAV decision. Now my dual processing was for misconduct, I don't know what yours is for. If it isn't misconduct then you stand a good chance of getting medically retired. If it is for misconduct... good luck. I was prior enlisted so that is why I was able to secure a retirement by length of service.
 
That's wild to go through. Sorry you're getting figuratively shafted by the Navy. Reminds me of my current command...

I'm an ordinary FOS outing, so I was on the way out one way or another. I am also prior enlisted but I'm at around 12 YOS. No backup retirement there.
 
patches said:
That's wild to go through. Sorry you're getting figuratively shafted by the Navy. Reminds me of my current command...

I'm an ordinary FOS outing, so I was on the way out one way or another. I am also prior enlisted but I'm at around 12 YOS. No backup retirement there.
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Is what it is, still getting a retirement, just was a long drawn out cluster f**k. And in your case, shooting your shot since you didn't have a LOS retirement on the table anyway was still the strategically smartest move you could make. Be praying for ya man, good luck.
 
PDRL Message came through and retirement package has been sent off. Due to the extremely close date, I'll end up selling almost 60 days of leave.
  • 12/3/25 - MEB referral
  • 12/8/25 - PEBLO intro
  • 12/9/25 - PEBLO/legal briefs
  • 12/11/25 - MSC meeting (added dependents) [added two conditions]
  • 1/29/26 - completed re-do of MH C&P exam due to provider never submitting
  • 2/6/26 - VA.gov shows completed IDES
  • 2/12/26 - NARSUM and DBQs sent for review, 17 Feb deadline for submission
  • 2/17/26 - Legal meeting and submission of NARSUM
  • 2/28/26 - Initial EAOS
  • 3/16/26 - PEB findings sent for review, 70% DOD 100% VA.
    • 103 days since MEB referral, 46 days since C&P exam completion, 27 days since NARSUM submission
  • 3/24/26 - Accepted PEB findings, did not request VARR or FPEB
  • 4/7/26 - PDRL message came through, 21 May retirement
    • 22 days since PEB finding acceptance
  • 5/21/26 (tent) - Retirement
    • (tent) 37 days since PDRL message
Assuming the May end date goes through, my MEB process will have taken around 6 months end to end.
  • 169 days from initial MEB referral, 93 days from NARSUM submission, 58 days from accepting IPEB findings
 
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