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Dang, I thought the letter would have your proposed ratings on it. I am not sure of the unfit thing, but I would assume that if the PEB found you fit, they wouldn't waste the time of sending it to the VA. That's what I am thinking and going with in my mind.

When the VA app says that, it means they have finished rating your case and sent it back to the PEB. I would call the VA and tell them that it says you have a letter, but it doesn't show up and ask them to email your proposed ratings. They are not supposed to send it to you, but this forum has...

Just got off the phone with Jeff, he's a straight to the point, no nonsense dude, but helpful. He didn't even let me finish my opening statement and just cut me off and asked for my SSN. He clicked around for a bit and said they just received a bunch of cases from the VA, but my case wasn't...

Hitting 20 is a major key! They wanted to med board me at my 17 year mark and I begged my PCM to hold off. He concurred because my injury wasn't disqualifying yet, but he knew it would continue to worsen. And did it worsen, but it got me to 20 so now I can get retirement and disability. I...

I'm anxiously waiting for that Post VA QA stage. I am so ready to be done with this process and move on with my life. It is crazy that a QA process is allowed to take 40 to 50 days. My PEBLO told me that she has seen it take up to 80 days. That is crazy, and hopefully none of us end up in...

I have seen many messages on here about terrible PEBLO's, I hate that for people going through this process. Mine did tell me up front to not expect anything for three months, but she also told me to call her every two weeks for updates. There is only one time I've called her that she hasn't...

My PEBLO has been awesome. Anytime I call she picks up the phone and if I email her, she calls me right away so she can explain whatever her answer is instead of just sending a response. I just call and say hey I'm just wanting some kind of update and she logs in the system and pulls up my...

Absolutely, a sick April fools joke, but a joke still

**UPDATE** 01 Apr 2024- Spoke with PEBLO today and she stated that my case is with a VA Rating Officer and that is step 7 of 9. I guess my case is moving pretty quickly because it went from step 2 to step 7 in 12 days. She stated that there is only two steps left but they could take months...

**UPDATE** 26 Mar 2024- Called the VA because I am impatient and was told that they haven't received anything for rating. Crazy that it's been almost a month and my case hasn't even been sent to the VA for rating yet. I've been checking the app everyday but finally called and found out it was...

**UPDATE** 20 Mar 2024- Spoke with my PEBLO this morning and she stated that I am showing Screening Ready in the system. She stated that this is only step 2 in a 9 step system. She also stated that more than likely it will take the full three months, and sometime people get to step 8 and then...

I don't know how much having the letter affects the board. I would assume the board would take into account that you could already retire. I know if you go through the PEB and get at least 30% DOD then you will be retired through the PEB process. The only part about that is not having your...

No I did not have my fleet reserve letter before entering. I asked my ECM if they would just let me retire instead of going through the MEB process and she said, "that's what the IDES process is for." I had an extension that would take me to 22 years and the Navy refused to let me out before...

Hello all, Been lurking for a few months and decided to post my timeline as hopefully it helps someone, as this forum has helped me quite a bit. I am currently active duty Navy with 20 years and 4 months TIS. I know this will lead to retirement, just ready for the process to be over with. 01...

Be thankful you're not a candidate for surgery. I advise against it now to everyone I know that has back problems. It seems a general consensus that it doesn't really help that much. My first surgeon stated that if I didn't have the surgery then "how long would I wait until I was using a...

Wow, your case is moving super fast. My case just went to PEB this morning and my PEBLO stated to "not expect anything for three months." Super discouraging, but your timeline gives me hope.

Similar issue as you as well as similar timeline. Lumbar spine injury 01Mar22. Light Limited Duty on ship for 68 days with no diagnosis. Flown off ship for MRI which revealed multiple bulging discs in lower back as well as extruded disc at L5/S1. Continued on LLD for 128 days total. Multiple...