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I was wondering if someone could explain to me like I am 5 years old, the difference between the Integrated DES and the Legacy DES. If you elect the LDES which, from what I am seeing, goes much quicker are you locked into that DOD rating forever? How does that effect the medically retired vs...

Buddy medically retired from the Air Force wants to apply for CRSC "Combat Related Special Compensation". He was riding his motorcycle to work and had a bad crash with another vehicle on the public road (Hwy 98) between the two secured sides of Tyndall AFB back in the 1970's. Any way to...

IM being put up for medboard for schizophrenia and does anyone have updated timelines regarding it? I havent gotten an accurate date only 6 months to 2 years currently. USAF

To preface: Earlier this year, I was seen by a derm for some recurring bumps/boils that have been a problem for the last few years. Had no idea what they were until I showed my derm a current flare up. At that point he diagnosed me with Hidradenitis Suppurativa. Once the on base clinic heard of...

Bottom Line: For those of you in IDES, how much time did it take from receiving proposed VA Rating to receiving DoD Rating? I received this from my PEBLO on 26 June 2024: "According to VTA, your overall combined rating is 100% from the VA. The referring condition rating (s) is not listed. We...

Alright, so I've been underoing an MEB since October, and I finally got my ratings today, 50% permanent retirement, and according to my BEL I am 90% VA Disability rated. I called my MSC to discuss and he said that as far as he can see, I am rated at 100% per the actual VA rater. So basically, I...

Good evening all. Looking for some wisdom. I am active duty Air Force sitting at 19 years and 5 months time in. My desire is to get to my 20 year mark and retire. I recently received the 618 from my local MEB (recommend IPEB). My question concerns submitting a rebuttal letter based on the...

Good day, I am sorry to keep asking questions but appreciate the help I receive here. I was meb'd 27 September. My disability claim is sitting at preparation for notification but checked ebenefits and a new claim appeared for proof of severance pay. I have attached what they have requested...

I've been in the Air Force for almost 6 years. I've had the UC for 4 years but I have never had a MEB until now. My doctor says there's a very low chance I'll get the boot since my UC is really mild and I don't have to take strong meds. However, I really want to hear from people who have...

Hi, my husband was medically retired from the AF for combat injuries in February of 2018. We applied for SSDI in June and it has been sitting in Quality Review since mid-November. Just the other day in the mail we received a packet asking about his work activity from September 2006. When I...

I'm new here and just looking for some help or advice. I'll make my back story as brief as possible. I'm in the USAF reserves as a C17 crew chief, got a double hernia while on 140day active duty orders in june 2015 and have an approved LOD. Had surgery and RTS august of that year. Then in June...

When we were in the states (we're currently waiting on my husbands orders to outprocess for his TDRL from Korea) for my husbands VA C&P exams we visited the SSA office in California to apply for SSDI; upon our return to Korea we received a letter stating that we should wait until we return to...

My husband (17 years AD - stationed in Korea currently) got called in today to see his PEBLO got told he's being placed on TDRL, VA rating of 90%, AF rating of 80%. He was told to take it and run, signed the papers and now we're kind of wondering where it goes from here and what this means -...

Quick question. My husband is currently waiting to go to the VA (we're in Korea, so it's taking a bit of time to get him to Travis AFB, CA in order to make the appts), but we keep reading on here about people checking updates on the eBenefits website. His eBenefits doesn't show anything (it...

I wasn't sure where to place this. We are getting conflicting information regarding my husband's upcoming VA appts for his ratings. We are currently stationed in South Korea (Osan) and were told originally that I would be able to travel with him to those appointments, via the Non-Medical...

Good morning, My husband is getting ready to file for SSDI, but we are stationed at Osan AB, Korea. He is currently being med boarded (they're about to send him TDY to Travis AFB, CA in order to complete his ratings) out of the military at almost 17 years. We're pretty bummed about it, but...

Good morning, I was wondering for those of you who recieved a RILO before your MEB, how long did it take? I keep hearing it takes less than a week from submission to response from AFPC but mine was submitted on the 29th of March and the PEBLO says she still hasn't heard a word.

I am actually writing for my husband as we try to wade thru this process. My husband currently has over 16 years AD with the AF. He has been diagnosed with several chronic conditions including: PTSD, OCD, Anxiety (he's on meds for all of these), degenerative disc disorder (fusion surgery last...

So, long story short, there is a lot of tension between my unit commander and I. I mean, aloooot of bad blood. I won't go into much detail, but she wrote a negative, sloppily written (different fonts and font sizes), typo-filled, CC letter in a passive aggressive attempt at retaliating against...

So, I was recently scheduled for my initial MH MEB appointment. The appointment is at Shaw AFB, which is a 2 hour drive away from where I'm stationed. My flight claims that someone in my chain of command has to drive me to my MH MEB appointment. He claims that this is standard procedure. The...