Hello, I received a letter saying that my discharge is going to be changed to retro reconstruct tdrl @ 50 percent than pdrl at 30 percent. I found my new dd215 on hrc site and correction on the bottom says disability temporary.
My question is, is this normal or is there something i need to do?
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In my lengthy experienced opinion via an U.S. Army perspective with DoD military TDRL and DoD military PDRL interactions, placement onto the DoD TDRL at a DoD 30% rate is definitely feasible albeit the military disabled veteran's retired pay shall be calculated at a minimum 50% rate for
payment purposes while on the TDRL.
When the "permanent and unstable" PEB-referred unfit for duty condition(s) is(are) finally determined to be "permanent and stable" for DoD rating purposes only and is rated at 30% or greater, the military disabled veteran should be placed onto the DoD military PDRL.
As such procedurally to qualify for a military disability retirement, the PDBR letter seems to be accurate as far as the statement "retro reconstruct tdrl @ 50 percent than pdrl at 30 percent" at least in my experienced opinion. Other than that, I don't have any experiences with the PDBR process.
In reference to the new DD Form 215 with the "disability temporary" verbiage annotated on the bottom, is it a "from" correction or a "to" correction? Meaning, is the DD Form 215 saying that your DD Form 214 is being corrected "to" reflect a disability temporary, or is being corrected "from" a disability temporary (i.e., to a disability permanent)? Indeed, it would seem that the "disability temporary" verbiage on the DD Form 215 should read as "disability permanent" instead; maybe this is a mistake due to an oversight?
Ultimately, I don't know their historical reasoning for producing such a DD Form 215, albeit I would highly suggest that you contact the USAHRC Call Center at 1-888-276-9472 for any potential additional assistance. Hopefully, the USAHRC Call Center can direct you to the proper point of contact who shall yield an in-depth explanation about your direct inquiry. Take care!
Thus, I quite often comment that "possessing well-informed knowledge is truly a powerful equalizer!"
Best Wishes!