Recent content by ndrkk

The whole thing was about a year for me...a little more if you count waiting to actually receive my updated DD214 and retirment orders.

Hmm, very interesting. I received a letter from the Air Force dated 27 July on the 3rd of August, saying that the PDBR recommended retirement and the AF accepted that recommendation. The next day I took that letter to the AF Military personell flight in the pentagon where i work, I showed...

Yes, that's how it worked for me. I think thigns are different now though, as my understanding is that the PDBR only accepts cases for seperations that occurred before the end of 2009.

Thanks for the congrats. Its nice to share this news with people who really understand what it's like to go through this. I hope all of you receive similarly good news. Yes, the VA rated my Crohn's at 30%. I also had a few other things for a combined rating from the VA of 50%. PDBR only gave me...

Medically seperated in June 2009 for Crohn's disease with a 10% rating from the Air Force after 10 years of service. Got my VA rating in August and submitted to the PDBR that same month. Today, got a letter from the board, dated 27 July 10, that indicates they have retired me at 30%!:) I was...

hi, I was medically seperated and used my tricare coverage for the 6 months after. I had to re-enroll both my family and I, but once I did that it was like I was still on active duty. I am not a Tricare expert, but from my experience, as long as the baby is born before Tricare expires, you will...

Hello folks, I'm very confused about how things might play out for me. My case is currently with the PDBR, I am hopeful that I will get retirement. IF I do, I am wondering: - How will the roughly $100,000 I received in severance pay be affected? currently, about half of my VA disability...

as to diagnosis of Crohn's. I went into the hospital in a lot of pain and got a preliminary diagnosis within a couple weeks. Then went through a lot of no he doesn't yes he does have Crohn's form the docs. Basically the combined results of all the testing, plus symptoms I experienced is what...

Yes, I did get severance pay. I think it showed up a couple weeks after my discharge date. They withheld 30% I think for taxes, but following instructions I found on here, and submitting my VA rating to DFAS, I was able to get the withheld portion sent to me. That was a couple months later. It...

Howdy. Sorry to hear your news. Maybe I can be of some encouragement. If you think you have a chance of winning an appeal, go for it. I had to take it all the way to the SECAF appeal board but was able to stay in with Crohn's. The second time around I just didn't have the heart to go through...

My case was sent to the PDBR on February 16, and the folks at Randolph say that once they send it off to Washington they no longer are able to provide me any status updates on where it is in the process. (waiting to be reviewed, currently being reviewed, almost finished waiting for signatures...

After I was discharged and started working for the federal govt as a civilian I had a numbe rof VA appointments to go to in relation to getting my disability rating sorted out. The first one was during my first two weeks I think. I just asked for advance leave to cover it. I'm not sure how the...