Combat Related

All,

So I will be reviewing my NARSUM with my PEBLO this Thursday, and she noted that just skimming it over it mentioned that my injury was listed as being combat related, and I also have a letter from my Team Medic that treated me at the time. I never went to the TMC while deployed, because we had a team medic, I did get seem soon after returning from deployment and that is when all my issues were found out.

My question is....do you think the PEB will find the injury to be from combat, since my NARSUM states it, and I have a certified letter from my Team medic? I'm wondering because is will be the difference of a large some of money, be it severance or medical retirement.

Thanks!

-Stephen
 
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It is likely, but the circumstance would need to be made clear to the PEB. What many people call "combat related" does not meet the legal definition, so the PEB may want details!
 
This is interesting, actually combat related can mean many things by medical definition. Instrumentality of War, Simulation of War, and the list goes on. Funny thing is when I was in actual war/combat my corpsman was about worthless as dirt-not a good thing to have along as a Task Force grunt-and he was too lazy to write up anything let alone do his job at all. Think about what I have to go through to prove in my cases. I think your one-step ahead unless this was just for training-however, it would be you to fill in the mystery here.
 
Thanks for the Replies, I'm hoping that the Letters from the team Medic, and my Rater at the time will help my case. It was not from training or simulation, it happened in Afghanistan in 2013, been trying to avoid the MEB pretty much ever since, but have come to the conclusion that the only person I am hurting would be my self, physically, and since I can no longer do what I joined to do...its time to move on...

-Stephen
 
If you were in theater and it was an instrumentality of war you should be good with a supervisors' letter.
 
I too got hurt in Afghanistan, but it was a long time ago and trust me, things were a lot different then, especially in the Corps. It is in your best interest to get supporting documents if you can, if you have injuries, trust me-you may be in bad shape a year or ten years or at some time period down the road and you think the military is tough, puulleasee, wait to you have to deal with the VA to prove yourself.
 
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