Navy Tdlr to Pdrl Questions

Good afternoon everyone,

I was put on Tdrl from the Navy for a knee injury that occurred before I joined and to make matters short,I pretty much shouldn't of been able to join the Navy. I've been out for about and year and I was wondering what everyone's experience was waiting for their re-evaluation. I've read on reddit that people will go without hearing anything for about 3 years and then they'll get a random letter in the mail telling them their appointment date for a evaluation. This is my first post to this forum so bare with me. Thanks everyone and I hope to here back from someone.

 

[oddpedestrian]

Just continue getting treatment if put on TDRL after Feb 2017 then you can only stay on it for 3 years so you be should be hearing something soon. If you had a recent C&P (six months) exam from the VA or anticipate one before the next TDRL evaluation you can push for them to use that exam and waive the DOD exam.

 

[Warrior644]

Good afternoon everyone,

I was put on Tdrl from the Navy for a knee injury that occurred before I joined and to make matters short,I pretty much shouldn't of been able to join the Navy. I've been out for about and year and I was wondering what everyone's experience was waiting for their re-evaluation. I've read on reddit that people will go without hearing anything for about 3 years and then they'll get a random letter in the mail telling them their appointment date for a evaluation. This is my first post to this forum so bare with me. Thanks everyone and I hope to here back from someone.

Welcome to the PEB Forum!

Indeed, it seems that each military department implements the mandated TDRL re-evaluation at their own discretion albeit it should occur no later than 18 months upon initial placement onto the TDRL.

That said, whether you fell under the old 5-year maximum duration on TDRL or new 3-year maximum duration on TDRL, a TDRL re-evaluation is warranted at this point as based upon your aforementioned comments.

As such, you should immediately contact the Navy TDRL department/branch and make an inquiry about the status of your TDRL case. Please don't rely upon the Navy TDRL department/branch to contact you; they might not have your current point of contact information on file. Take care!

Thus, I quite often comment that "possessing well-informed knowledge is truly a powerful equalizer!"

Best Wishes!