swowannabe
PEB Forum Regular Member
Long story short. Was Med Boarded back in 2010/2011 and placed on TDRL with a 70% rating for Bipolar disorder. January of this year I had to go talk to someone at the VA for a re-evaluation there, and they maintained that I'm at 70%. I was a little surprised when I got a letter saying I had to go to Chicago for another re-evaluation in July. But, who am I to argue?
Anyways, the PEB (I think it's a PEB at this stage of the game?) found me at 30% and are placing me on PDRL assuming I accept the findings.
This is generally considered a good thing. I wanted to both share this information and also ask: Is there any reason to decline/request a reconsideration? I already read through many of these posts and found the answer to one question -- that PDRL is permanent and won't be changed later. Any insight folks could offer would be great! I personally don't see any reasons why I shouldn't accept, I'm now functioning high enough that 30% is reasonable and I won't be going broke due to the loss of income from the change of status. No bases nearby, but having Tricare sure is handy for my wife.
-SWO Wannabe
Anyways, the PEB (I think it's a PEB at this stage of the game?) found me at 30% and are placing me on PDRL assuming I accept the findings.
This is generally considered a good thing. I wanted to both share this information and also ask: Is there any reason to decline/request a reconsideration? I already read through many of these posts and found the answer to one question -- that PDRL is permanent and won't be changed later. Any insight folks could offer would be great! I personally don't see any reasons why I shouldn't accept, I'm now functioning high enough that 30% is reasonable and I won't be going broke due to the loss of income from the change of status. No bases nearby, but having Tricare sure is handy for my wife.
-SWO Wannabe