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Good deal. Thanks for posting this. I feel bad for the guy, they should probably set up a generic DoD wide hotline to look into your case and tell you simple updates, or a simple tracker on a DoD site.

Likely gone for the holidays, government tends to trash itself in December. Where are you at in the process man? I remember your board running at the same time mine did, and I've been retired for 5 months.

While similar, it may be cheaper to consider VALife. It's still a VA life insurance, but with a significantly lower payout/premium. 40,000 IIRC. In my circumstance, VALife is ideal since the only thing I would need to cover in the event of my unexpected death would be my own funeral and burial...

With that being said, I do still hope you retire. Wishing you the best, I think all of your dreams will come to fruition.

I've never heard of an appeal to decrease your VA determination. I feel like there are better ways to fund your aspirations than sacrificing a retirement anyways. I'd be very, very careful about representing yourself as better than you are because you might just end up advocating for a fit...

Would you mind describing what VARR consists of? I still regularly advise people on other forums about the MEB process, but I don't have much experience with the VARR process and would like to know what it entails. From what I understand, VARR is a reconsideration request to be applied for if...

It's important to understand that the DoD works off of VA proposals to grant you a DoD percentage. Your ACTUAL, payable VA rating won't be finalized until some time post service. My process, your process, anyone's process in the VA from proposals to final ratings will vary. Your proposals...

Assuming you still separated on the 29th of September, you'll be paid on December 1st (depending on your bank, if NavyFed usually the day prior) and you'll get retroactive payment back to October 1st. So you'll get money for october and november at the beginning of December.

Things get spotty near the holiday season. I got referred in October last year, and didn't get accepted until 90 days passed. That really sucked. Late January is when things started to churn forward. Trust the process. There are a thousand things to get pissed off, but keep your head level.

In theory you can claim whatever you like, but I'd hold off until all the dust settles from the reeval. I see a lot of people shoot themselves in the foot by getting 100% P&T, then lose their minds because they mistakenly filed for new claims while that P&T rating was pending. Then their new...

If you fail BCP you can face an adsep board for failing to maintain weight standards. There are waivers for medical conditions that directly cause weight gain, but back issues aren't something that falls under that umbrella. If your command isn't a fan of you they'd realize you'd stay for...

I just don't really get how it works. From my understanding the authority on this, Nelnet, begins the process immediately when they detect you have a federal debt from student loans. And from my understanding the loans have to be adjudicated by the school's student aide award plan, say you take...

AFAIK if you're 100% P&T you're eligible for a tax free loan discharge of federal student loans. From what I understood on FSA's website this is a tax free benefit until December of 2025, and if it isn't extended will be taxed from that point on. My question is this: If an individual like...

I'd let the medical evidence do the talking. The impact statement could imply you're superman, but the board ultimately cares about the VA's conclusion on your health rather than your commander's opinion. While it does matter, it's certainly not something that can convince a board as fit for...

Glad to hear it's all coming to a close. When this process drags its feet you sure do feel it. I do wonder why the FPEB seems to always offer a solution prior to actual execution. You'll have some annoyance with the findings in the way some things weren't acknowledged as you feel they...

Just saw this. Happy for you man. Hoping you still get honorable and all that, keep us posted with RPAC.

AFAIK the retirement cert is only honorable... so I think this is just some huff and puff. At a minimum, you should be honorable for VA purposes which is what you'll care about. Glad to hear the news.

You should call PERS and Wounded Warrior near you. They'd explain the normal wait time for you, but it shouldn't be long after your findings. There's been a trend of someone not passing the results to PERS and nothing happens... make sure that isn't happening to you. You should be able to...

Go ahead and call your closest Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, or the one on your base. They'll make you itemize your expenses and you'll get approved for a loan from the Red Cross. Keep those documents, then when your official EAS passes upload those documents via QuickSubmit and call the...

Some people see the claim open the day before their official EAS, others the day after, some the day of. Some even see it a week or so after their sep, and unusually two weeks after. As far as payments go, it's gonna depend on individual circumstance and VA case load. If you have hardship and...