Updated Tinker timeline

[Kim76]

It's been a while since I've been on here since I didn't really have any info to report but got some news today and I wanted to update my timeline. This is from the start of the MEB to my retirement date.

Mid-March 2012: MEB initiated
27 March 2012: 1st mtg with PEBLO
4 April 2012: 1st mtg with VA Rep, VA claim starts
16 - 19 Apr 2012: QTC appointments
7 May 2012: Add'l QTC appts for more x-rays/lab work
7 June 2012: NARSUM completed
18 June 2012: 2nd mtg with PEBLO, receive NARSUM - local MEB states "does not meet retention standards/refer to IPEB"
21 June 2012: 3rd mtg with PEBLO, return signed NARSUM, turn in Letter of Exception
22 June 2012: Package off to the IPEB
10 July 2012: Ebenefits - "Gathering of Evidence"
Mid-Aug 2012: Ebenefits - "Pending Decision Approval"
20 Sep 2012: 4th mtg with PEBLO, received proposed DoD/VA ratings (my VA claim went through the Baltimore office)
1 Oct 2012: Requested FPEB
11 October 2012: Given FPEB report date
30 October 2012: Report to FPEB
2 November 2012: Formal hearing
5 November 2012: Received FPEB results
14 November 2012: Submitted SECAF appeal
24 January 2013: SECAF appeal decision back
13 March 2013: Expected start of PTDY/Terminal
27 April 2013: Retirement date

My PEBLO and I thought it would take almost a month to get orders but I got them four hours after meeting with him!

My SECAF appeal was due to the FPEB refusing to recognize PTSD as an unfitting condition/combat related. I won my appeal and now have 70% TDRL and the PTSD is categorized as combat related!

Good luck and don't lose hope!

 

[TSgt Twitch]

LOL,

18 Nov 2011-hip replaced
oct 2012-referred to MEB
January-2013-still no peblo meeting/package not completely written
Tinker is GREAT!

 

[Kim76]

LOL,

18 Nov 2011-hip replaced
oct 2012-referred to MEB
January-2013-still no peblo meeting/package not completely written
Tinker is GREAT!

Oh no! I am so sorry. I think I was very lucky in how quickly my stuff went through. Hang in there and if you ever need any help or just need to vent, let me know!

 

[TSgt Twitch]

Its not that big a deal, in the year Ive waited, my other hip has collapsed, my spine has bent 9cm to the left, my knee has gone out and countless other non ortho issues- so really, ive been getting full pay and benefits for 6hr days, narcotics out the yinyang and since Nov have not even had a duty title. Yup except for the whole miserable pain and agony everyday of my life everything is going according to plan

 

[Sicotic]

they said PTSD wasn't unfit? Was it referred as not meeting retention standards?

 

[Kim76]

Its not that big a deal, in the year Ive waited, my other hip has collapsed, my spine has bent 9cm to the left, my knee has gone out and countless other non ortho issues- so really, ive been getting full pay and benefits for 6hr days, narcotics out the yinyang and since Nov have not even had a duty title. Yup except for the whole miserable pain and agony everyday of my life everything is going according to plan

Oh yeah, that doesn't sound like a big deal at all - good grief! The upside to the wait is you are still getting paid but the daily pain must make your life unbearable. I wish you all the best and I hope the pain subsides!

 

[Kim76]

they said PTSD wasn't unfit? Was it referred as not meeting retention standards?

Mental Health refused to list PTSD as one of my boardable conditions despite my objections so I believe this hurt my case initially. Unfortunately, I wasn't as educated on the process back then. The IPEB found the PTSD as a Cat II condition not Cat I.