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If you are approved for leave and tdy leave that doesn't allow you to use all if up before your NLT you can fill out a DA4187 and put in the comments that you need NLT date extended to allow you to use all of your leave. That form requires an O6 signature. Your PEBLO should be well versed in...

Try to get the secondary conditions listed in your commander's impact statement to include how they don't allow you to do your job. If you missed days at work due to migraines that would be listed on your commander's impact statement. That will give you some ammo to appeal at the NARSUM stage...

I will send you a list of qualified and vetted private attorneys. My wife hired one and she was able to max out compensation in her situation. She was at 17AFS and that's a very scary spot! So close and yet you can lose everything you are working for. She too was an officer. She was an O4...

I would fight for highest rating and hire private attorney. Then apply for LAS. So that way if forced to medically retire you get the best financial result possible for your situation. Though the best financial situation is to finish 20 AFS. The issue is that most Soldier's fight to try to...

Yeah just call around and be honest why. If your medical notes have that information but it didn't get put into your DBQ you can just request a VARR and include medical evidence showing those symptoms and argue your % should be higher. A FPEB is to add a condition or argue if something is...

What branch are you in? There is an exception to allow you to work until. you reach 20 AFS but its not a guarantee.

That's so very scary! My wife's Reserve Pension Value was about $3,400. She lucked out that she maxed out DOD% at 75%. As an O4 that came out to 6k pension. She was still short $1,500 which is what she got for CRSC. Her CRSC was 80%. Now I am going back in my mind running the numbers...

So basically since you were given a chapter 61 pension then you aren't put into gray area retirement for the Guard or Reserves. That means using pay tables on the high 36 before medically retiring. Wow! Thank God my wife maxed out compensation via CRSC! Otherwise, she would have 20+ years of...

Yeah you can resubmit it the VA application for benefits asking to waive them. Box 26 on a VA form, such as the 21-526EZ, is used to waive VA compensation benefits in favor of military retired pay

Congratulations! You can only get one or the other for CRSC verse CRDP. Since your chapter 61 pay is tax exempt and you have 20+ AFS to get paid your VA compensation which is tax free there is no benefit in applying for CRSC. You have maxed out compensation since you will be paid for all of...

Also, did you apply for CRSC? If not, then with 30% DOD you were probably losing out on a lot of compensation due to the VA offset. My wife AGR with 17AFS and 20 good years so she was in the same boat. Luckily she maxed out DOD% at 75% but even with maxing it out she was losing $1,500 a month...

Just curious, did you automatically get your pension + VA compensation when you reached age 60? Or did you apply? Makes me a bit worried if automatically since my wife's maxed out compensation already with her chapter 61 pension, VA pay & CRSC. Since all of it is exempt from taxes she want's...

You probably are going to need help from a VA Attorney. This message board is for current Soldiers who are facing medical separation or retirement. I am not as knowledgeable about the VA side other than when it pertains to IDES. If I were you I would research and reach out to a VA attorney or...

So you can still hire a private attorney if you want. Glad you filed a FPEB. I would fight to try to get 30% DOD or higher. You don't have anything to lose too since the worst case is to still get severance. Getting Tricare for you and your family for life is HUGE!

Sorry I didn't see this earlier. You would need to request VARR if you are trying to increase a rating on an unfit condition. To add a condition you would need to request a FPEB. The FPEB date would be further out and give you time to gather information to present to the board. I would look...

Talk to JAG. They can give you advice. There is a decent chance you are going to need to appeal the NARSUM if you had a new condition that wasn't originally listed.

So for anyone that doesn't reach 20 years of service the law states that any VA compensation must offset a chapter 61 pension. Tricare alone is worth it but I wanted to give you an idea of the gain. Since you have gotten VA compensation since the time you got out there won't be any extra...

Not true about 15 AFS being good to go. Plenty of Soldiers get kicked out with severance at 15,16,17 years etc. Your 20 year letter is your safety net. So worst case scenario is that you get kicked out and collect VA compensation until you can apply for your non regular retirement (That's the...

You will get an immediate retirement via chapter 61 retirement but any VA compensation that you get will be offset your chapter 61 pension. That only happens if your total DOD% is 30% or higher. Less than 30% and you will decline severance and get put in gray area awaiting pay and then you...

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