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I was an 0-3 in the USMC and diagnosed with T-1 then ultimately retired medically. It was a challenge to retain my retirement on the TDRL but after pushing back on the PEB and having my Dr's dictation written verbatim with the VASRD they restored my 40%. Contact me on PM if you would like my...

Peso, I am a medically retired Marine with Type-1, I went through the process, was retired at 40% then the Navy tried to lower my rating on TDRL like Mike mentioned. It is imperative your Dr's continually dictate your condition in a manner that is exactly the language in the VASRD for 40% and...

Diabetes is a tricky one, I was diagnosed with Type-1 in the Marine Corps, medically retired @ 40% rated by both the VA and Navy, then after 2 years on TDRL the Navy tried to drop my rating to 20%. It took educating my Dr to correctly dictate his assessment to include all the VASRD Language for...

I went through he same process, I finally got PDRL at 40% but not without out many conversations with my endo. You can contact me at jbmmac1@yahoo.com and I can give you the things I learned and how I approached it with my Dr's. The glasses reference is total BS. Just because you are on a...

Erik, Feel free to contact me at jbmmac1@yahoo.com and I can help you. It will be necessary for your Endocrinologist to incorporate a few key phrases into your MEB. The most important being "you must avoid any strenuous occupational and recreational activity in order to avoid hypoglycemic...

The Dr who did my MEB was also my everyday endocrinologist from the Navy. It should always be an Endo for a MEB concerning diabetes. As far as the VASRD rating change, we are having issues tracking it down in DC at the VA. It was submitted by the House VA committee to the VA and championed...

Just to update and give you Type-1 Diabetics some hope, I just got my 2nd TDRL re-eval back and they rated me 40% and PDRL. It certainly took some work and many lessons learned from some on this site as well as the trials of my first TDRL re-eval last year. This one was the initial TDRL...

I am in the same boat and had to fight for my 40% with the Navy PEB. Your Dr must say "you must regulate your activities and avoid any strenuous occupational and recreational activities in order to prevent further hypoglycemic episodes." which is all absolutely true. No one with type-1 has...

contact me via email, jbmmac1@yahoo.com. I was diagnosed and retired with type-1 diabetes from the Marines. I will try and help you as you will need specifics to ensure proper care and rating. John

I am confused, Are you a type-1 but not on insulin? Type-1 means you do not produce insulin and must manually give yourself insulin. The only possible explanation is if you are in the early destruction phase of your Beta Cells in your pancreas by the GAAD anti-body. You need to have them test...

What type of Diabetes does he have?

I was diagnosed while on my second deployment. My second deployment came 7 months after my first to Iraq. Within 12 monts of returning from Iraq 3 members of my battalion to include myself were diagnosed with T1 which suggests we were exposed to something that spawned the autoimune attack on...