Hello Everyone,
First, thank you for the great information and advice that you all have posted to this site. It's such a wonderful resource, and a place to come to to realize you aren't the only one going thru this process and experiencing the frustration and unknowns.
I've been in for almost 14 years. I have been dealing with shoulder pain since 2011. Took the AF about 4 years to finally do an MRI w/Contrast that showed major tears in my shoulder. Had surgery, but continued to have chronic pain and limited ROM and weakness. I've had issues with consistent medical care due to multiple PCS'/Deployments, as I'm sure most have. I'm unable to wear gear/carry heavy items, and am experiencing pain everyday. I also experienced a traumatic event last year, and I'm now being treated for PTSD, which is preventing me from being able to be armed/complete weapons qualification, thus resulting in me being non-deployable.
It's amazing to me how I've been off and on profiles with varying exemptions since 2011, and have never been sent thru this process before. It's just since I got to the base I'm at now in Aug 2018, and I went to my PCM to basically demand to be MEB'd, that I got this process started. I am in a civilian heavy, deployment heavy careerfield, and I just can't sit back and watch others take up the slack since I am unable to deploy.
Here's my timeline so far:
1 Oct - Met with PCM to request MEB
16 Oct - Initial Appt w/ PEBLO
16 Nov - CC's Letter sent to PEBLO (My CC sat down and discussed with me on my intent and input. Once he submitted, I followed up with PEBLO f/ status update several weeks later. She informed me that CC was supposed to send letter to me for signature first, then back to her. Of course she never responded to CC to let him know that. And her email that she sent to him initially for letter didn't indicate that at all)
11 Dec - I signed CC Letter and sent to PEBLO
19 Dec - Completed NARSUM
3 Jan - Sent Follow-up Request to PEBLO. She stated that she had requested a profile update on 2 Jan, and once it was updated, I would meet IRILO.
10 Jan - AF469 updated for MEB/Code 37
11 Jan - IRILO Case submitted, PEBLO states FL4 should be received in 5-7 days. (I followed up w/ PEBLO on 14 Jan and she then updated me of this information)
Best of luck to everyone on here.
First, thank you for the great information and advice that you all have posted to this site. It's such a wonderful resource, and a place to come to to realize you aren't the only one going thru this process and experiencing the frustration and unknowns.
I've been in for almost 14 years. I have been dealing with shoulder pain since 2011. Took the AF about 4 years to finally do an MRI w/Contrast that showed major tears in my shoulder. Had surgery, but continued to have chronic pain and limited ROM and weakness. I've had issues with consistent medical care due to multiple PCS'/Deployments, as I'm sure most have. I'm unable to wear gear/carry heavy items, and am experiencing pain everyday. I also experienced a traumatic event last year, and I'm now being treated for PTSD, which is preventing me from being able to be armed/complete weapons qualification, thus resulting in me being non-deployable.
It's amazing to me how I've been off and on profiles with varying exemptions since 2011, and have never been sent thru this process before. It's just since I got to the base I'm at now in Aug 2018, and I went to my PCM to basically demand to be MEB'd, that I got this process started. I am in a civilian heavy, deployment heavy careerfield, and I just can't sit back and watch others take up the slack since I am unable to deploy.
Here's my timeline so far:
1 Oct - Met with PCM to request MEB
16 Oct - Initial Appt w/ PEBLO
16 Nov - CC's Letter sent to PEBLO (My CC sat down and discussed with me on my intent and input. Once he submitted, I followed up with PEBLO f/ status update several weeks later. She informed me that CC was supposed to send letter to me for signature first, then back to her. Of course she never responded to CC to let him know that. And her email that she sent to him initially for letter didn't indicate that at all)
11 Dec - I signed CC Letter and sent to PEBLO
19 Dec - Completed NARSUM
3 Jan - Sent Follow-up Request to PEBLO. She stated that she had requested a profile update on 2 Jan, and once it was updated, I would meet IRILO.
10 Jan - AF469 updated for MEB/Code 37
11 Jan - IRILO Case submitted, PEBLO states FL4 should be received in 5-7 days. (I followed up w/ PEBLO on 14 Jan and she then updated me of this information)
Best of luck to everyone on here.