Meb

[TaylorSrt4]

Hello, currently enlisted in the air force, facing an MEB for a tbi i had in oct 2011. i currently am seeing mental health services for anxiety, depression, concentration issues, and memory loss. Also suffer from migraines about once or twice a week and headaches almost everyday. I'm new to the whole medical discharge thing so i was wondering what i might be getting, like a ballpark. Thanks.

[jbasser]

Welcome to Hadit and thank you for your service.

Be on top of this issue with the TBI and Headaches,

If you need any assistance when you get out, Feel free to seek it here, There are a lot of great people on this board whh can help.

John AKA BAsser

[john999]

If you get discharged remember to get treatment for your TBI at the VA on a regular basis. Even if they just give you some pills and make notes. No one knows the long term effects of TBI. TBI could be the AO of these recent wars. Make treatment for this TBI a life time mission because it will pay off one day.

John

[justrluk]

Well, first off: Welcome! I went through an MEB for similar issues. Had a neuro-psych exam, all sorts of other tests before I left. You need to make sure you tell them what life looks like on your worst days, not how great you're feeling at the moment. Do your best on the exams, but don't over-do it. They are going to stress you in how you calculate, remember, etc. Just go with it.

As for the MEB, I was notified in April of 2003 and was told every month "you could be out in 30 days - make plans." I was through the process in July 2004, and probably could have drug it out longer if I had appealed the decision. I just wanted to get out of a really bad situation.

I can't speak for how soon you'll get a rating, but you do need to look at how things are rated:

http://www.benefits.va.gov/warms/bookc.asp

get a copy of your records NOW, and look through them. Know what issues you should be claiming. Look at the link above, and find your conditions. read the ratings for each degree of severity for your issues, and you will get a feel for where you think you should be rated. I would also use these in describing those bad times to the people giving you the evaluations during the MEB process. Describe how your issues impact your life, and don't be too proud to be honest. Many people here will tell you very well documented stories about having done this and then spending the next several years trying to undo it.

No one can say for sure how the VA will rate you, but you can at least get a feel for your issues and where you fall in the schedule.

[carlie]

Hello, currently enlisted in the air force, facing an MEB for a tbi i had in oct 2011. i currently am seeing mental health services for anxiety, depression, concentration issues, and memory loss. Also suffer from migraines about once or twice a week and headaches almost everyday. I'm new to the whole medical discharge thing so i was wondering what i might be getting, like a ballpark. Thanks.

Welcome.

Here's a link that might be more helpful for your situation.

http://www.pebforum.com/site/

[justrluk]

carlie -

I play there, too! Great forum...