@Zhint812
BLUF, yes your continued service is in question.
You have been notified of a standard course of entering the MEB, in general your doctors will evaluate the conditions that are preventing your full health (the USAF calls this I-RILO I do not know if the other services have a name for the beginning of this process). If the doctors feel you are unable to deploy or possibly not able to reenlist, then an MEB will begin.
The MEB is the official decision of retain/not fit for duty. If you are found fit and retainable then the MEB decision will be to return to service. If not then you enter IDES and begin the ratings and disability determination phases with appeals possible at every different stage.
IN VERY GENERAL:
MEB- (local fitness determination) if found fit, stop here and return to service, if unfit continue to IDES
IDES-
Commander Impact statements, conditions found unfitting are identified and processed by DoD, all disabilities are considered by VA for examination
VA C&P exams to determine service connections and proposed ratings
DoD applies VA ratings and calculates DoD disibility
DOD Disibilty determines seperation/retirement possibilities
VA applies all proposed ratings found service connected to determine VA ratings for compensation and treatment
Preperation for separation:
From this point on is end game. You are notified on how you will be seperated, what you finanacial and medical benefits will be and your date of seperation.
At all major points, you will be asked to concur/non-concur and appeal the findings of each stage.
I am leaving out alot of details, because at each stage you can change the path of the MEB/IDES depending on what you want to accomplish.
If you are officially entered into the MEB you will be given a PEBLO and they will help you through the process and get you in contact with all the people needed to continue through each stage.