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Last information that I got (no thanks to PEBLO) was that my case is listed as "QA READY." Calling the PEB allowed me to find out that I'm "Pre VA." This was all a couple of weeks ago. I'm up to 78 days now, and still no fit or unfit rating. Is this a bad sign? PEBLO continues to say "no...

I found this board when I started MEB/PEB and it's been really helpful. Much more than other sites. I will try to share what I've learned from the board and this forum to help others stuck in the mess. I'm sorry for the commentary, I really want people to know how to navigate through this hell...

I recently had a C&P exam (C Spine and Lumbar) conducted by QTC on July 12 for a possible ratings increase. Then, two weeks later, I was finally accepted into the IDES process and contacted by my PEBLO. Three weeks after the ratings increase QTC exam I was scheduled by the VA to have my IDES...

Can you only request a VARR during IDES or can you request a VARR after you're discharged? If you can only request a VARR during IDES, is there a way to appeal your rating after you're out? I haven't gotten my ratings back yet. Just wondering.

I have my initial conference call with my PEBLO on Wednesday and I am not sure if there is anything I should do, ask, plan for... My NMA is already being routed by my CoC, I just want to be fully prepared for this.

I submitted an intent to file last September before I got the ball rolling for my claim. In the last 4 months, I was finally submitted to the IDES process for my condition. It will be disqualifying and I do have an LOD for the condition. I was scheduled for 1 C&P exam this Friday, however, I...

Hello all, So I just got the call that the results from my C&P exams are in, and I have to meet with my PEBLO and review them tomorrow. I'm really nervous! Does anyone have any advice on how to approach this? I'm hoping to have time to really go through it, maybe even with someone from Legal...

I'm burnt out on all of this MEB, VA, IDES, bureaucratic bullshit. I'm too exhausted to go into all the details of why I feel so fed up. If it's not dumb ass, incompetent MEB personnel making mistakes that prolong this process, it's an unethical one trying to find a way to make sure I get...

I will try to condense this in hopes someone will have some guidance. I just started my IDES/MEB process, after several attempts from my providers and specialist to diagnose me one came up with hypermobility disorder. I say providers because I had to request a change from my previous one for...

For a quick overview of my situation, I have been coded 37 for "bilateral leg pain" due tendonosis (chronic condition/deterioration of my Achilles tendons from running). I My PCM submitted a IRLO, and AFPC recommended a full MEB. I have already completed my tele conference with the VA (I am...

THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR READING AND COMMENTING! So, eBenefits showed a new claim open labeled IDES on May 4, status "Under Review" (May the 4th be with you, because it was with me, lol!) I've read that the VA strives to complete rating board within 14 business days and then sends back to PEB...

Hi Everyone! My situation: I have 18 yrs of active service in the Army. I am have been told by my doc that I've met MDRP and will be submitted to the med-board process. I know that based on my condition that I'll most likely be placed on the TDRL (PTSD, TBI, Cognitive Disorder/Memory, &...

This information is in my signature, but for those lurkers that can't see signatures I figured I would make a new post. My timeline was a little weird because I had already applied for voluntary retirement and had to overcome the presumption of fitness, and also my command never did a LODI for...

Hello, In 2013 I went through the MEB/IDES process for PTSD while I was on Active duty in the Army. My process began in May of 2013 and ended in Jan of 2014 (faster than most), by July 8th I had received my findings back from the MEB and by July 10th everything was submitted to the PEB and VA...

Greetings, BLUF: I am in the IDES process, I was denied s/c for Fibromyalgia by the MEB (Army). The facts are as follows: March 2011 - November 2011 I was deployed to Iraq December 2011 - September 2012 I was in the WTU for shoulder and ankle injuries September 28, 2012 I was REFRAD to the...

Fellow PEB FORUM members: On a positive front, media interest seems to be building for more stories about what members face going through the military disability evaluation system. Yesterday, I was contacted by a reporter for Military Times regarding the Integrated Disability Evaluation System...