Hello,
Hopefully someone here can help me. I am in the Army Reserves. I broke my hip during basic training and ended up with a LOD for that injury. The problem is two other injuries. I hurt my shoulder and ankle in two different instances. Each time, I was sent to the civilian ER. I had the paperwork (I do not know the form number) filled out by the ER dr. I turned it into my UA as soon as I left the ER. The forms were signed by my commander each time, but nothing was ever done with them. Fast forward to now, and I am in the middle of my disability claim. The MEB stated that my hip was caused by the military, but the other two were not. When I asked my PEBLO about it, she stated it was to late to get the LODs done. When I looked up the AR for it, it says that there is no definite time line and if it is late, then give the reason why. It also states that being late does not mean that it will be disapproved. The issue is that my unit does not seem to know what to do now. They have all my records and the forms filled out by the ER doctors. They just need to have the LOD actually done. Does anyone know if it has to be my commander start them, or is there somewhere else I can turn to?
Thank You!
Hopefully someone here can help me. I am in the Army Reserves. I broke my hip during basic training and ended up with a LOD for that injury. The problem is two other injuries. I hurt my shoulder and ankle in two different instances. Each time, I was sent to the civilian ER. I had the paperwork (I do not know the form number) filled out by the ER dr. I turned it into my UA as soon as I left the ER. The forms were signed by my commander each time, but nothing was ever done with them. Fast forward to now, and I am in the middle of my disability claim. The MEB stated that my hip was caused by the military, but the other two were not. When I asked my PEBLO about it, she stated it was to late to get the LODs done. When I looked up the AR for it, it says that there is no definite time line and if it is late, then give the reason why. It also states that being late does not mean that it will be disapproved. The issue is that my unit does not seem to know what to do now. They have all my records and the forms filled out by the ER doctors. They just need to have the LOD actually done. Does anyone know if it has to be my commander start them, or is there somewhere else I can turn to?
Thank You!