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    Retired. Now what?

    HI, Please don't answer this with "shooting from your hip answers" or he said, she said answers, this has been a very long hard row for me, and I can't go down the rabbit hole following bad advice. Of course, I am open to ALL good advice form anyone, but if Jason or other experienced personnel...
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    Extension memo past last day of duty??

    Unfortunately, as everything, this is time sensitive, so I will do bullet points. * I have my ratings and my last day of duty. * I was in the hospital when my notice of orders were sent out. * I picked up my orders one week after most people normally would. * Back in the 80s and early 90s I...
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    Ratings are here -- My time is done

    I am signing for my ratings tomorrow. After being insulted, disrespected, treated like garbage, harassed, and all around beat down, I finally have my ratings. I have so many terrible stories of this journey, I could fill up this forum with the terrible events of my entire process. But, in the...
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    OLD C&P Exam -- How to request new one?

    Please bear with me, because I am going to try to describe the situation first, and the question last. Situation: My C&P exam was conducted in June 2012. The examiner was rude, insulting, and stated, "he would not continue the exam due to my emotional behavior". Later I was found to have nerve...
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    Paying for my own medical care?

    I am not receiving the correct medical care from my WTU. I have been informed that I can sign a counseling statement, and pay for my own health care. This is the route I am going to take. -- NOT for ALL my health care, but just for one DR I don't want to see anymore. Has anyone ever done...
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    Hotel in San Antonio need advice

    Ok - I know this sounds silly, but which hotel do most people suggest when they go to Formal Hearing? I will not have a rental car, but I will have TDY for TAXI. I need a hotel with breakfast, and since the formal board is so freaking early, I need one possibly close to base. I have a very hard...
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    What I wish I knew from day one.....

    I started this thread so people coming behind us do not make the same mistakes as we did. I have come up with my 10 big ones! 1. As soon as you start your med board, start Social Security! I don't care if you think you will get denied, or you don't need it. You have no idea what will happen...
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    NG LODs, Med Board, and VA

    I cannot tell each and every one of you how important your LODs are to your future. Each and every word listed on that LOD is so very important. Don't be scared. Get an LOD if you are hurt, and spell out exactly what happened. I had an LOD from 2008 that I turned in, and I knew I would be...
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    2012 Fibromyalgia / Social Security Administration / Plus other links

    I suffer from 3 diseases (RA, AS, and Fibro) and many injuries (so I am a very "complicated case" with VA and SSDI). Throughout my life, I thought I knew pain, but until I was hurt, and also developed RA, AS, and Fibromyalgia, I did not know what real pain felt like. When I was originally...
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    Rank at retirement? (commissioned)

    HI, I have been in for 18+ years, and am in the middle of a MED board. I was commissioned in MAY 2007 in NG (after many years AD enlisted). I am a 1LT (my career was put on hold due to my injuries). This puts me at 6.5 years commissioned. I was recently told (not officially) that...
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    17+ years - Faced with 20%

    I have been at a WTB since 12JAN2012 (not even a year). I was only here 30 days before my packet was approved for MED Board... not therapy, nothing. AND Now... my packet is in the IDES system and is being rushed along. My VA physical is a joke. My IPR is a joke. My appeal is a joke. I...
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