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Have Ptsd Rating From Va Going To National Guard Meb

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finckjm

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I am currently in the National Guard and am in the process of being sent to the MEB for PTSD to determine if I am still fit for duty. I spent 4 years in the Regular Army and have been in the National Guard for 8 years, 1 1/2 years of my national guard time was 6 month train up and 12 month deployment to Iraq.

When I came back from Iraq I began having problems is social settings, marital problems, trouble concentrating at my civilian job and all kinds of other fun stuff. I almost closed lined a guy in a "man-dress" at the mall. After I was at home for about 6 months I finally decided to get help. I was eventually rated by the VA as 30% for PTSD and I also ended up getting another 10% for my knees. I still have one other claim for my back that I am appealing.

About a year ago every soldier in my National Guard unit was required to get a physical. During my physical I let the Dr. know what medications I was on and informed they were for my PTSD. He immediately gave me a P3 profile for my knees and PTSD, PULHES is 333113. The Guard finally got around to sending my packet to the MMRB, and I was found unfit to perform my current MOS as a Combat Engineer. My packet is going to the MEB in January of 2009 and I am trying to find out what I should expect from the MEB.

Do they take into consideration my current rating for PTSD from the VA?

The Medical Evaluation Board that I my packet is going to is an Active Duty MEB, because the disabilities are combat related and occured during a NG Federal Mobilization.

I appreciate any insight into this as it is something that I have been stressing about.

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Hi. I'm new the forum but I am going through a similar process with the Air Force Reserves. I just meet with the active duty Psych and she told me she was going to transpose my va doc's progress notes on my PTSD. Could this have any bearing on my va claim?

Welcome Aboard Sandsoldier,

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Thanks for the advice and support

I finished the process of making sure all of my medical records are up to date with the National Guard so that the MEB can't kick my packet back for not being up to date.

My packet will be sent to the MEB this week.

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Thanks for the advice and support

I finished the process of making sure all of my medical records are up to date with the National Guard so that the MEB can't kick my packet back for not being up to date.

My packet will be sent to the MEB this week.

Hello ctumm I know this is a old thread and I hope you are still aboard, I would like to know how everything turned out because I am going the same route that you went. I have different claims ( back and neck injuries) that I am rated through the va for. I am in the process of sending my packet up. I served 9.5 years of active duty and 14 years of national gurad. I was trying to serve another 6.5 years to retire but withy my injuries I am forced to get out now. I welcome any help.

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postman56,

I did get some good information off of this forum, but one that was really helpful for me was www.pebforum.com. The guy who created www.pebforum.com, Jason, is a former Army JAG officer who represented soldiers going through the MEB/PEB process.

I completed the MEB/PEB process and was medicallly retired(Chapter 61) in February of 2010. Both of the things I was rated for from the VA were for combat related issues; PTSD and my knees. I am not sure if I was fortunate or if this is what you can expect, but the Army MEB and PEB findings were pretty much identical to the VA. MEB/PEB process is required by law to use the same rating criteria as the VA. I received 30% from the VA for PTSD and 10% for my knees.

The MEB/PEB found that my PTSD and Knees problems were a direct result of armed conflict and that both factors made me unfit for service because my MOS is 21B. The Army put me in the same category as the VA for PTSD, 30%, but the law that PDES has to follow is to give a minimum of 50% for any psychological condition that makes a soldier unfit for service. The army also diagnosed my knees with the same problem, but gave me a higher rating. I received 10% for each knee and a bilateral factor of 1.5%. After the same fuzzy math computation that the VA uses I ended up with 60%.

I think the fact that I submitted all documentation from the VA, including the documentation from my regular shrink visits at the VA, gave me a concrete base for my case. I feel that it did not leave anything up to chance.

Best of Luck to you, it can be a pain. I really suggest checking out www.pebforum.com, and reading some of the threads. Jason the site Admin/former JAG lawyer is pretty good about answering questions.

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