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Army OSC Attorneys Scaling Back Services to Soldiers
In previous blog posts, I wrote about how the Army Judge Advocate General took action on May 27, 2026, to significantly limit the services provided to active-duty, Reserve, and Guard members undergoing the PEB process. Several readers of these posts were skeptical and asked for proof that this action has occurred. DJAG Memo (Legal Rep […]
Army Soldiers on the TDRL Just Lost Their Right to Free Government Legal Counsel — Including at Formal PEB Hearings
If you are an Army Soldier on the Temporary Disability Retirement List (TDRL), you need to read this carefully. The Army’s Office of Soldiers’ Counsel (OSC) has eliminated legal services for TDRL Soldiers — including at formal Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) hearings. This change took effect on July 1, 2026, and is fully in force […]
National Guard Soldiers Referred to a Medical Board No Longer Have Access to Government Legal Help — Here Is What Changed and What to Do Now
If you are a National Guard Soldier going through the Army’s Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) or Legacy Disability Evaluation System (LDES), the Army has eliminated your access to free government legal counsel — effective July 1, 2026. The Army’s Office of Soldiers’ Counsel (OSC) — the government attorneys who previously assisted Guard Soldiers navigating […]
Army Reserve Soldiers Going Through a Medical Board Now Have Zero Access to Government Legal Counsel — What You Need to Know
If you are an Army Reserve Soldier who has been referred to a Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) or Physical Evaluation Board (PEB), the Army’s Office of Soldiers’ Counsel (OSC) can no longer help you — at any stage, at any point in the process. Effective July 1, 2026, OSC ceased providing all legal services to […]
The Army Just Eliminated Free Legal Counsel for Active Duty Soldiers at the MEB Stage — Here’s What That Means for You
If you are an active duty Army Soldier going through a Medical Evaluation Board (MEB), the legal landscape just changed significantly — and not in your favor. Effective May 27, 2026, the Army’s Office of Soldiers’ Counsel (OSC) — the government attorneys who previously guided Soldiers through the MEB process — no longer provides any […]
Is an AI Listening In at Your Doctor’s Office? What Service Members and Veterans Need to Know
Adapted from Kim Komando, The Current Newsletter, April 23, 2026 Here’s something your doctor probably hasn’t mentioned — there may be an AI in the room with you. At about one in three doctor’s offices across the country, an AI scribe is quietly recording your entire visit. Everything you say. Your symptoms, your medications, that […]
When the Diagnosis Is Wrong: How a Missed EEG Changed Everything
A case study in why TDRL reviews require more than a rubber stamp — and why diagnostic errors are the first thing I look for. About 15 years ago, a service member came to me to appeal his findings after a Temporary Disability Retirement List reevaluation. He had originally been placed on the TDRL through […]
Mount Sinai Study: AI Repeats Medical Falsehoods in 1 Out of 3 Cases
A new study from Mount Sinai found something important. Large language models, like AI chat tools, can still believe and repeat false medical information. This happens most often when the false information sounds professional and confident, as if a doctor wrote it. In the study, the AI models were tested with 158,000 prompts. In 50,108 […]
Navy PFA Resets and the New ADSEP Risk: What Sailors Need to Know
Beginning January 1, 2026, the Navy reset all prior PFA failures to zero — but introduced a strict rule allowing Administrative Separation after three failures within four years. For Sailors in the IDES MEB/PEB process, a third PFA failure can trigger ADSEP and potentially override a pending disability case unless the same medical condition caused […]
“The Silent Crisis No One Talks About: How Navy PEB Delays Are Driving Sailors Into Debt, Divorce, and Desperation”
A Bureaucratic Delay With Human Consequences Most discussions about Navy PEB delays focus on the administrative side- staffing shortages, IT failures, training gaps, and backlogs. All true. All real. All quite insufficient to describe the actual impact on Sailors. The real story — the one nobody wants to talk about — is that PEB delays […]
