Recent content by SCAL

Its not up to the PEBLO its up to the doctor, the PEBLO's job is just to process the dang paperwork. If it has been 6 months since you received your findings then the doctor can start a new board for the same condition, assuming you have additional documentation to include in your board...

it has nothing to do with the fact that it is medical, it is based on lenght of service. There is a minimum time you are required to have been on active duty in order to get the 100% for GI Bill. You should have gotten something from the VA that states why you are getting the 90%.

it varies but i've never seen it come back in less than 2 weeks. i think the last one I looked at took about 45 days....the longest portion is always the VA

once you accept your findings PEB will turn around and notify HQMC MMSR-4 which is the disability branch at HQMC. MMSR-4 will then issue you a new EAS (usually around 60 days out or so from when you accepted your findings). make sure you start as much of your separations stuff done now as you...

+1 with pittpan if they are putting you on limdu to do another surgery or to recouperate from another surgery then you should be good to go. if its another period of limdu just to see if you happen to get better then I wouldn't count on it. I'm a PEBLO so if you want to get into specifics and...

don't bank on MOL, we all know MOL isn't kept up to date! Check and see if your status has changed on Ebenefits.

I will pass this info to the rest of the PEBLOs in my office to see if there are any interested Marines at our location.

every case is different so a lot of it really depends on how much stuff you claimed with the VA. The average time I'm seeing right now from the time i mail a board to the PEB to the time the Marine gets their findings back is 3-4 months....sounds like a long time, I know, but it used to be 6-8...

was this a 3rd period of limdu? HQMC does not find you fit or unfit. 3rd period limdu has to go to HQMC for approval. HQMC will either approve the 3rd period for additional treatment/recouperation etc or deny it and direct for you to be referred to a medical evaluation board. PEB is the only...

he's basically saying that those leg/foot issues are secondary to the disc issue (i.e. if you didn't have a bulging disc you wouldn't have those leg/foot issues).

if you have already been referred to IDES then they can only admin sep you if it is for misconduct. Even if the regiment pushes the admin sep paperwork up to Division the Division SJA office will kick it back if it is not for misconduct. What base are you at?

a 3rd period of limdu does not find you fit or unfit. 3rd period limdu has to go to HQMC for approval (assuming you are a Marine). HQMC will either approve the 3rd period for additional treatment/recouperation etc or deny it and direct for you to be referred to a medical evaluation board. HQMC...

overseas MTFs do not process IDES. What they are doing is forwarding the proposed MEB to the PEB for review. If the PEB feels that the case would likely receive an unfit finding then they send a notification to the service headquarters to cut the member orders back to CONUS to be referred to...

It is up to the provider to determine when or IF a board should be initiated. If you just started going to treatment they are going to want to see if the treatment improves your condition or not.

The other thing to consider is that the diagnosis in itself does not necessarily make you unfit to continue service, it has to impact your perfomance of duties. My husband has been diagnosed with PTSD and TBI but he is full duty because they do not interfere with his duties.