Tag Archives: Army MEB Rebuttal
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 […]
The Problem with Profiles in Army IDES PEB Cases
If you are a soldier undergoing the Army IDES PEB process, you will find that the IPEB and the FPEB are fixated on profiles and are very unlikely to find you Unfit for a condition unless you have a P3 profile for it. The real problem for most soldiers is that army MEB physicians routinely […]
HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU SUBMIT REBUTTALS TO YOUR MEB?
DODI133218e Before the issuance of the change to DOD 1332.18 on November 10, 2022, this was an easy question to answer- you were entitled to one Impartial Review and one Rebuttal. However, according to Section 3.2.e.6 of the new instruction, service members will be entitled upon request to at least one rebuttal of the MEB […]
