I'm a drilling Navy Reservist. I am currently 80% service connected with 16 good years (17 in September) with almost 5 active. I received my rating a couple years ago and had notated such on my PHA's. Apparently it was glanced over until now. My last PHA was done in March. I received orders to mobilize in July, and notification in June. Due to Covid, my PHA was never finalized until just before the MOB. I was approved to go by NOSC medical, and by another LCDR who worked for the VA and is a reservist who reviewed my PHA. He did warn me that it was to be reviewed by a higher echelon because of my rating. I was later denied from going on the mob with the Echelon IV doc (a captain) at RCC saying that I am to be removed for non-disclosure. I submitted a statement with an electronic copy of my VA record explaining that my issues did not require medication and that I'd been doing my annual trainings without issue to this point. Now, I FEEL like I can fight this non-disclosure part, but what are my real options here? I'm being told I have to do a MRR now. My unit chain of command and the NOSC chain of command both want to support me. I'm a good Sailor with a good record. They both pushed for me to mobilized, and I tried. I WANTED to go. This Capt at RCC was the final word for the mobilization. He was rude on the phone and made this out to be like he was going to attempt to make some kind of an example of me. OK, fine. So I'm not going. But I feel like being pushed out for non-disclosure is BS. I even had another doc say I was good to mob before the final decision was made. I'm not trying to fight the mob decision at this point. That ship has sailed. But now I'm being told I'm going to be put into an S2 status and separated pending the MRR results. Amusingly (sarcasm) this Capt who denied me will "review" any MRR that is submitted in my region, though he does not get any kind of say in how the decision is made. It feels like the deck is stacked against me and he's going to get his wish at least of having me pushed out. So I guess my biggest questions are as follows:
If the MRR decides I'm fit to stay in, does life just continue as it has?
If the MRR decides I am to be separated because I am too broken to serve, am I eligible for some kind of medical retirement?
Can this decrease the amount of disability I receive?
Can I draw some kind of medical retirement on top of my disability or do I have to wait until retirement age?
Thanks for whatever help can be given. It really is appreciated.
JB
If the MRR decides I'm fit to stay in, does life just continue as it has?
If the MRR decides I am to be separated because I am too broken to serve, am I eligible for some kind of medical retirement?
Can this decrease the amount of disability I receive?
Can I draw some kind of medical retirement on top of my disability or do I have to wait until retirement age?
Thanks for whatever help can be given. It really is appreciated.
JB