This makes zero sense to me lol. You original post did. If someone says their package is at the MO it is waiting on an actual Navy Doctor. Then it goes to a LO. Yea they have PEB training. But they aren’t considered a MO. The LOs still make determination but it has to be seen by a MO. Unless the PEB actually uses the authority it was given at the end of last year.Line officers are still medical officers in the eyes of the PEB they just have no medical background other than the training the PEB provides for them to go through cases. Think a regular officer on a shore duty. Where medical officers are actual medical doctors once they leave the PEB billet.
So yes every case goes through a medical officer just some are actually medical doctors where the others have just the training to PEB provides and will not use whenever they go to their next command
But yea I’ve seen the physical cases go a lot quicker the MH.