Recent content by BlackHillsMarine

Can't tell you what would be better for you. Only you can make that decision. I will say that I can't think of anything you get from a medical retirement that you don't get from a regular retirement, but I can think of things like CRDP, that you get from a regular retirement that you don't get...

Marine here, FWIW. It sounds like you don't foresee either of your conditions as unfitting for military service, or permanent in nature. In this case, a MEB is a paper drill. All of the extended timelines you see on these forums are for permanent, unfitting conditions befitting medical...

I feel you didn't read my whole post. If the DOD Instruction for the Career Intermission Program says that I am to be treated as an active duty service member for the purposes of medical/disability processing, then I have to be processed as if I was on active duty.

Hoping somebody can help me out here. So while participating in the Career Intermission Program, I developed Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. Weekly Humira injections didn't cut it, and now I'm on Taltz. I reached out to HQMC letting them know, and trying to initiate the process as early as...

What are you looking to accomplish in coming back on AD? What haven't you accomplished in the military that you think you need to? 4 years or 40, there's a whole, long life after military service. IMHO, the only thing chasing your rearview does is get you into a wreck.

I was talking about your retirement pay percentage, which is a DOD% separate from your VA rating. In any case, as far as I'm tracking you can only do a VARR during IDES. Once you're retired or separated, that door is closed.

Worth mentioning, that if you push for a MEB right now, your new humira use will net you a 30% VA rating. If you wait until 12 months of use, it's 60%. By keeping you around, your medical team might be trying to help you out. Humira, depending on branch and career field, is usually a...

No expert here, but I'd look at tying the psoriasis to Gulf War Syndrome. There are plenty of studies that have found that veterans that served in the Arabian Gulf have a much higher incidence of skin/autoimmune issues, and skin conditions are a presumptive under GWS. For the cervical strain...

That's foul. I didn't know they could do that.

Are you still on LIMDU? If so, PT should be a non-issue unless they want you to still "show up." If your LIMDU expired, you need that thing renewed, otherwise they'll just keep messing with you.

Any update? I just started Humira for psoriasis and PsA