Recent content by rugbymurf

Hi Folks, Well, I went to the formal PEB on Friday. I took the JAG Soldier's Counsel for advice. Who were actually really really good. It's a little nerve wracking, and I felt that the doctor was a little adversarial and cynical. But after it was all over, the board decided that my shoulder...

Hi Jason, You are pretty much on the same page as the Attorney. It's not hundreds of pages by any means. The actual request is 3 pages including the list of enclosures, and while there are over a dozen enclosures, they tend to be one page factual stuff like MRI results with the specific...

Hey folks - update, Turned in my "request for formal hearing with personal appearance". I guess I didn't understand exactly what I was doing. I was responding to the Informal 199, by non-concurring with the findings, and requesting a formal. The PEBLO recommended that I didn't "show my hand"...

Oh, scratch that about the fairness. When my ratings came back, even though the condition was found unfitting, it was rated at 0%. Murph

Seems to me you understand perfectly how this works. It's very convenient to be able to tell the public that particularly servicemembers with PTSD (but your spouse is caught up in this too) are all retired with at least 50% retirement. The public thinks "That's good, glad they're being taken...

So Folks, Finally got my ratings last week. I was found unfit on the basis of 4 conditions back in October, PTSD, Depression, Cervical Disc Degeneration, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. There were another 17 conditions listed that were found to be fitting and were rated by the VA also. I am in...

Hey there, Well that explains it! I started on CPAP back in late November and my nightmares went from a couple of times a week, where I could pretty much always get back to sleep, to pretty much every night combat nightmares again like right after my first deployment, where sometimes I...

Hi, How long you should expect will vary greatly from place to place, and with the individual circumstances of your post (like whether you are in a simple MEB or somewhere there is a Pilot Program location). I just got my final ratings. My board took over 14 months total. It took 9 months...

Hey NWLivewire, I too have chronic PTSD, first diagnosed by the military after my first deployment and began treatment for it in 2006 and have been continuously treated since. So it's well established as chronic. But from what I've been led to believe talking to the soldiers' counsel types...

Update........ Initially my CFS was not found to be unfitting on my NARSUM. I appealed (I had to fire my MEB attorney who did a pathetic job, even though I gave her all the notes and statements necessary to do a good job. But she went on leave in the middle of it and forgot to put in an...

Jason, My PEBLO pretty much told me that EVERYONE who is found unfit for PTSD or Depression is placed on the TDRL rather than being permanently retired. Does it make any difference how long you were treated for PTSD before they decided to send you to an MEB? I've been treated for PTSD since...

Just got my 199 back this week. Found unfit on the basis of 4 conditions. All deemed to be incurred from an instrumentality of war. Two are considered unstable for rating purposes: PTSD and Depression. The other 2, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Cervical Joint Degenerative Disease, are...

To all, For planning purposes, in anticipation of an almost certain unfit finding, I would like to know how much of my leave I am going to be able to take when I separate (likely retirement with >30%). I have scoured the boards and read many of the posts on this subject, as well as the...