Tag Archives: Navy PEB Appeals
Important Update- Delays in Processing Navy PEB Cases
For those of you whose cases have recently completed the Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) stage and have been forwarded to the Navy Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) for processing, please be aware that there are ongoing significant delays impacting case decisions. The Navy PEB is currently facing challenges in implementing a new information management system. As […]
Navy PEB Brings Back the IPEB Recon Process
At the end of October, the Navy formalized a process in which service members and their counsel may submit an IPEB reconsideration request to the President of the PEB after they request a formal hearing. This request is now called a President-directed IPEB Recon Request. An IPEB Reconsideration Request consists of a written brief with […]
Persuasively Using PEB-directed Rating Returns in Navy and Air Force Cases
Lately, the VA Rating Activity staff in Providence, Rhode Island, have been combining potentially unfitting conditions rated by analogy with referred conditions found in the VASRD. This approach is typically not to the benefit of Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force members. For example, VA Rating Activity personnel have recently combined ratings for little-known autoimmune […]
