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Ratings reconsiderations are an entirely different story, and of course you can appeal the ratings number that you got, but it generally takes some new evidence. Or, if you have evidence that they incorrectly applied the standards of 38 cfr.

Keep in mind that your online status through the VA website is generally not correct or up-to-date or reliable until you have actually left service. It is much better to get that information directly from your VA rep.

No you cannot, as a rule. TDRL is an administrative determination based on the status of your condition, with regards to permanence or potential for improvement or deterioration. Now, if there is evidence in the file that they failed to take into consideration, you might have an appeal on the...

Not sure who told you that, but it's not entirely accurate. I have seen people with signed findings still get run out of the Navy for conduct issues.

I don't know about increasing chances. I am not a recruiter or anything like that. The biggest thing of course is getting your paperwork to reflect properly that you are 100% fit. Then I suppose, just applying some common sense, that if you have a specialty that is in demand, that would help you...

It's rare, like <1%, but it does happen. You get your RE code changed on your DD214, and that gives you the ability to go back through a recruiter. You don't go deal with your old command at all. You were *retired,* they have no ability to bring you back.

Wait, you've been on PDRL for four years and you're only now getting your permanent retired ID?

In my inexpert experience, it can. For example, if your years of service give you >75% (i.e., 30+ years), but your PDRL is capped at 75% by law. You'll get PDRL but at your higher percentage. Not sure I answered what you were asking. Bottom line. "It depends." I hate that f&$*@ng answer, lol

Only speaking for Navy, TIG for officer retirements from prior enlisted service generally gets waived because it's not your fault you didn't make the time requirement.

"High 3" term is for pay purposes only.

That makes a lot of sense. The way people call it a choice, it makes it sound like they are rejecting pay options altogether. But making the choice whether to waive their retired pay in favor of the VA pay is a whole different thing, and I was not thinking about that. Thank you for clarifying.

How long has it been since you accepted your pdrl findings for your final DOD rating?

Best of luck to you in finding what you need. I'm out.

You don't really "choose" like that. The way I understand it being done now, DFAS will tell you the different ways they calculated, but it's not like they are going to let you make a choice that causes you to lose money that you have earned. I will let someone else who has more recent experience...

No, you don't get orders. You're retired, no orders for retired folks. You will get a letter with instructions on how to take care of the ID card.

The P is for permanent, the T is for temporary. If you are permanent, you don't have to deal with the service ever again, your retirement percentage will never change. If you are temporary, you have 36 months of retirement benefits while you continue to get treatment for your condition. You have...

Do all the services use "RE" codes on their DD214s? I am told when you get found fit from tdrl for Navy it clears the RE code on the DD214 that was previously preventing you from rejoining the service. Not sure how that works in other services besides navy.

They don't bring you back from TDRL. You can be found fit, which ends your retirement benefits, and that gives you the option of going back through a recruiter to rejoin. If you choose not to, you're just a free civilian with a VA rating.

It is also important to attend the appointment because if you do not, you can be removed from tdrl all together for failure to comply with the program.

And he's not wrong, by the book. Problem is, a lot of PEBLOs and lawyers will give their undwrstanding of the proposed ratings, or a guess based on their experience, and then the actual ratings come back different...and then people lose their minds. Never trust proposed ratings, never make life...