I don't think I posted anything previously here yet but I wanted to share my little story but i'll keep not not so long winded. 13 year E-6, US Navy... I had IPEB results in August that came back FIT but non deployable. I was being boarded for Rheumatoid Arthritis, chronic pain, depression/anxiety. My board findings literally said "Go-to sailor and expert, reasonably fit to continue service based on evaluations".
That's fine, but anyone in the Navy knows that performance evaluations are never done based on medical conditions, I was looking for an UNFIT finding because a FIT/non deployable just keeps me stagnant as an E-6, i'm an ABH1 and it's a very sea intensive rate, and in my mind I might as well just get out if I can't keep progressing. Plus my RA really fuckin hurts. Might not make sense to some but it makes sense to me. So I appeal it, PEBLO is negative about it and says it probably won't help unless my condition has worsened and all that, i said no appeal it anyway. I get notified October 25th that my board is November 8th. Since they notified me so late I had no time to set up travel through DTS and I said well let's just do it over the phone.
Fast forward to today, the JAG calls me and says they want to make a deal... They found me unfit based on my RA and chronic pain and said they want to recommend you for PDRL or medical severance, depending on VA rating, do you accept? I said sure, so they called about 5 minutes later and read the script, said that I am able resubmit new medical evidence to request a higher VA rating and all that. I plan on that, i've had sacroiliac joint degeneration and its really sucking.
All in all i got what i feel that i wanted/needed. I come to work hurting, i feel like shit, i have 60 sailors that work for me and I don't like setting bad examples (i.e. coming to work depressed, irritated, in pain so i shut myself in the office most of the day). Thanks for reading.
That's fine, but anyone in the Navy knows that performance evaluations are never done based on medical conditions, I was looking for an UNFIT finding because a FIT/non deployable just keeps me stagnant as an E-6, i'm an ABH1 and it's a very sea intensive rate, and in my mind I might as well just get out if I can't keep progressing. Plus my RA really fuckin hurts. Might not make sense to some but it makes sense to me. So I appeal it, PEBLO is negative about it and says it probably won't help unless my condition has worsened and all that, i said no appeal it anyway. I get notified October 25th that my board is November 8th. Since they notified me so late I had no time to set up travel through DTS and I said well let's just do it over the phone.
Fast forward to today, the JAG calls me and says they want to make a deal... They found me unfit based on my RA and chronic pain and said they want to recommend you for PDRL or medical severance, depending on VA rating, do you accept? I said sure, so they called about 5 minutes later and read the script, said that I am able resubmit new medical evidence to request a higher VA rating and all that. I plan on that, i've had sacroiliac joint degeneration and its really sucking.
All in all i got what i feel that i wanted/needed. I come to work hurting, i feel like shit, i have 60 sailors that work for me and I don't like setting bad examples (i.e. coming to work depressed, irritated, in pain so i shut myself in the office most of the day). Thanks for reading.