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How long have you been in? If in for 8 years or more then everything is service connected. All mental health issues are lumped together and so what matters more is your symptoms and what rating the symptoms will be rated.

Did you concur? Normally you have to sign off on the NARSUM by concurring or don't concur and then do an IMR and or Rebuttal. Nothing you can do until you get the NARSUM presented to you to concur or not. Typically the NARSUM will reflect the condition you were referred for even if you have...

So they are just being buttheads LOL. Well all you can do is work within your limitations and eventually your unit will keep fighting for you to get into full IDES if they don't believe you can do your job since keeping you in your job will limit your unit's ability to complete their mission.

Just calculate the value of your earned longevity pension. When i ran the numbers it was $1,794 a month but I don't have the exact numbers. For example, I estimated your longevity % times 2.5%. If you are BRS retirement system then its times 2% times your longevity. I calculated your...

My wife was approved at the ALJ hearing. She just got her CDR and her health hasn't changed but they said she wasn't disabled anymore. So now more appeals. SSDI is rough. You basically have to prove you can't do anything and that's a super high bar. My wife was found disabled by the ALJ...

The issue I think most Soldiers have is that their branch gets to say what is fit. As long as you branch is willing to work with your medical limitations you can be fit for duty. How close are you to reaching retirement? Sometimes they are helping you even if they don't give you what you...

Also with AGR you are both which is what my wife was. If they allow you to do COAR then you would REFRAD and continue to drill until your reach 20 good years. Then you get to be put in retired reserves which is gray area retirement as you are awaiting pay. Pretty much anything but severance...

I would rather do COAR than severance. I would rather take a 15 year letter than severance. Tricare is that important. My wife has a ton of health issues and uses the VA for pretty much everything. Even with that being the case she has used tricare to cover prescriptions that the VA wouldn't...

NEVER COAR unless you are super close to age 60 or if you don't have enough AFS to do COAD! You request COAD instead. The only way COAR works is if you are not close to 20 AFS and you are trying to stay in to get 20 year letter instead of 15 year letter. If I had to rank choices my first...

So DOD is what is at stake for TDRL and if the lower it to zero then you lose your retirement if that is the only unfitting condition that you have. You lose Tricare for you and your family for life!!! The DOD% is the MOST IMPORTANT. That's because a VA rating can always be changed so if...

Have you joined the CRSC page on FaceBook? They may be able to help! @RetiredColonel-MikeT is a CRSC ambassador and runs a CRSC FaceBook page to help others. He looked over my application before I submitted it which was very helpful.

My only advice is never trust the system. 20+ years ago I was told to trust the system in LDES and I got royally screwed. Also, the results create a financial impact for the rest of your life. You should be trying to get the best result for yourself!!! Everyone needs an attorney. There is a...

did you get PDRL? If any condition isn't PDRL make sure to continue to seek treatment at the VA. TDRL is temporary and you don't want to lose everything you worked so hard for!!!

#1. Navy leans fit. If the medication is the issue then most likely they aren't going to do anything until they see if that med works. What if the disqualifying medication doesnt' do the trick and you move on to another med that isn't DQ? #2. Expect a long timeline. Nothing is fast and the...

It can be quick sometimes like 5 months. If you don't want new ratings just choose IDES and in comments state rating for DOD purposes only. Then only claim the unfitting condition(s). You don't have to list everything. That allows you to protect your rating if that's the goal but you get all...