Greetings! I am new to this site and I found it by mere luck. And I am glad I did !... I have some questions in which I hope some folks with more experience in this matter can help me with some pointers. For that I want to provide with some background about me:
I was a commissioned officer, O3E with 16 years of Active Duty and 3 1/2 years of RC time. I did two combat tours in Iraq, in 2005, 4th Inf Div (Taji) and in 2008 18th ABNC (Baghdad). While deployed I went through divorce and I sought mental health help from the Combat Stress Team, which didn't help at all. I was prescribed antidepressants for the reminder of the deployment time.
I returned in 2009 and I was doing well in recruiting until I made a really bad lapse of judgement. In 2010 I had a run in with the law and I was arrested and I was facing prison time in a civilian court of law. I attempted to commit suicide and the Command directed me to psych evaluation. In May 2011 I went through the process of medical screening and evaluation and I was diagnosed with Chronic PTSD and other mental health issues by a qualified Military Psych Doctor. My GAF score was 51, near the "severe" threshold. In July 2011 I faced the Board of Inquiry and I was separated from the service with an OTH Discharge. In 2012 I attempted again to commit suicide again. After that second attempt, I went to the VA to seek help. I was diagnosed, surprise surprise, with Chronic PTSD, and all the other maladies that comes with that diagnosis. Currently I am rated at 100% TDIU with the VA and 100% Social Security.
My question is, the Command was kept aware of the mental health condition as shown in my records. Instead of requesting an MEB they rather went the easy route to separate from the service with the Board of Inquiry, probably because of a flag???.
Based on the fact that I was diagnosed with PTSD while on Active Duty, what I can do to request to have a review of those records with the goal to revert it to Medically Retired.
Based on your opinion, do I stand a chance of success?
Would the 10 US Code Section 1553 be applicable?
Any input will be greatly appreciated...
Thanks in advance....
I was a commissioned officer, O3E with 16 years of Active Duty and 3 1/2 years of RC time. I did two combat tours in Iraq, in 2005, 4th Inf Div (Taji) and in 2008 18th ABNC (Baghdad). While deployed I went through divorce and I sought mental health help from the Combat Stress Team, which didn't help at all. I was prescribed antidepressants for the reminder of the deployment time.
I returned in 2009 and I was doing well in recruiting until I made a really bad lapse of judgement. In 2010 I had a run in with the law and I was arrested and I was facing prison time in a civilian court of law. I attempted to commit suicide and the Command directed me to psych evaluation. In May 2011 I went through the process of medical screening and evaluation and I was diagnosed with Chronic PTSD and other mental health issues by a qualified Military Psych Doctor. My GAF score was 51, near the "severe" threshold. In July 2011 I faced the Board of Inquiry and I was separated from the service with an OTH Discharge. In 2012 I attempted again to commit suicide again. After that second attempt, I went to the VA to seek help. I was diagnosed, surprise surprise, with Chronic PTSD, and all the other maladies that comes with that diagnosis. Currently I am rated at 100% TDIU with the VA and 100% Social Security.
My question is, the Command was kept aware of the mental health condition as shown in my records. Instead of requesting an MEB they rather went the easy route to separate from the service with the Board of Inquiry, probably because of a flag???.
Based on the fact that I was diagnosed with PTSD while on Active Duty, what I can do to request to have a review of those records with the goal to revert it to Medically Retired.
Based on your opinion, do I stand a chance of success?
Would the 10 US Code Section 1553 be applicable?
Any input will be greatly appreciated...
Thanks in advance....