Recent content by Provis

Okay since time is not on your side I would contact your local congressperson and ask them if they can help using a congressional inquiry. That can get the attention of the higher ups to focus on your issue. Let them know in simple layman's terms the issue and how that mistake will affect you...

Basically you need to keep seeking treatment and if your condition prevents you from doing certain aspects of your job you need to have a profile for it. MEB imitation is pretty subjective. I know the Army more than any other branch and so at least for the Army its when your PCM decides that...

I don't believe you get a say in contesting the results. Your branch gets to decide. The crazy thing is that the AF does it differently than most branches and they have almost a mini IDED which isn't officially IDES. They use that process to determine who needs to be in IDES and who they can...

HRC is Army. Probably different name for each branch. If PERS then you are probably Navy or Fleet Reserves. I would keep escalting to get it fixed before you get out. If it doesn't you end up with a ABMCR to fix it and it takes years to get through that process.

Reach out to your congressman. He or she can help you initiate a congressional inquiry if you can't get it fixed right away. Have you talked to your commander? HRC? Have you talked to JAG? HRC can amend it if they screwed up the date. You just need to make this your entire life to get fixed...

if it was retro it was probably a chapter 61 medical retirement. Was any condition found by the PEB to be combat related? If not, that's the issue. The retro retirement made those years unavailable to buy back from your military time. I think there is another exception if all the retirement...

You can only buy back years if no military retirement, non regular retirement which is Guard or Reserves, or if retired its medical retirement with combat related unfitting conditions.

Okay so chances are you didn't pay the penalty for not buying the years within the first 2 years of starting your FERS job. The penalty isn't assessed until you hit year 3 so it technically can be almost 3 years if you pay a day before hitting the 3 year mark. If that's the case I am shocked...

When did you request to buy back your military time? How long have you been in your FERS job? After 3 years there is a penalty interest charged for each year past that time. So for example if you where in your FERS job for 10 years and then bought back the time there would be a substantial...

It won't matter either way then since you will get all of your earned retirement and all of your VA compensation. There is no downside to chapter 61 medical retirement even if you have earned a 20 year regular retirement.

Do you have 20 years active duty or just 20 or more good years? If only qualified for Fleet Reserve you need a 20 year letter and to reach the age to receive the fleet reserve retirement which is age 60 or slightly less if reduced due to qualified deployments. I would not try to cancel...

I am shocked! What was the Army leadership thinking?

Yes. You will have to start all over. Sorry!

WOW! Thanks for letting us all know. The marines was the hold out. The other branches did not have that exception. So it looks like now every branch is in the same boat. Need that DOD 30% or to hit 20 years or you are screwed.

I wish I could help but I am less versed in AF. If you have NLT and you are going to go past that you need orders to extend. HRC and JAG should able to get you the information needed. I am assuming the NLT is that you have orders expiring.