NAVY | BCNR | CY2008 | 02433-08
A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 11 December 2008. The VA granted you a disability rating of 10% for a hiatal hernia with psychophysiological gastrointestinal disorder, history of peptic ulcer, history of cholecystectomy; and a separate 10% rating for migraine headaches. Consequently, when applying for a correction of an official naval record, the burden is on the applicant to demonstrate...
AF | BCMR | CY2012 | BC 2012 00028
On 30 June 1978, the applicant did not concur with the recommended findings and requested an appearance before the Formal PEB (FPEB) In a letter dated 1 August 1978, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who cared for the applicant's hands provided a letter to the PEB challenging the notion that he was fit to return to duty. Counsel asserts that while the BCMR Medical Consultant recommends the applicants request be denied, an examination of the clinical evidence available in 1978...
NAVY | BCNR | CY2008 | 00582-08
A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 9 October 2008. Your receipt of substantial disability ratings from the VA for multiple conditions that VA rating officials determined were related to your service in the Navy is not probative of the existence of error or injustice in your naval record, because those ratings were assigned without regard to the issue of your fitness for military duty on the date of...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00536
The History of Right Axillary Third-Degree Burn and PTSD were determined to be medically unacceptable and the CI was referred to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB), determined to be unfit for continued military service, and separated at 20% disability using the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Ratings Disabilities (VASRD) and applicable Navy and Department of Defense regulations. The CI was not on medication for either condition at that time, but Lexapro was restarted in January 2006. The...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-089
He asked the CRSC panel to consider granting him a disability rating for the scarring on his face and for skin cancers that the applicant claimed were related to the buoy explosion. In this section, the term 'combat-related disability' means a disability that is compensable under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and that -- (1) is attributable to an injury for which the member was awarded the Purple Heart; or (2) was incurred (as determined under the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2013 | 20130014573
A letter, dated 23 October 2012, wherein DFAS advised HRC that their records did not reflect receipt of orders from the U.S. Army regarding the applicant's eligibility for military retired pay; therefore, they were unable to process his CRSC entitlement. d. A Chronological Statement of Retirement Points, dated 30 November 2012, which shows: * he served in the AUS from 6 August 1956 through 5 August 1958 * he served in the USAR from 6 August 1958 through 5 August 1962 * had a break in...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00640
CI CONTENTION : The CI states: “I was far more disabled than the military medical examiner thought and I was not examined thoroughly enough. The examiner also noted the CI continued to minimize both his PTSD and alcohol abuse. He rated his pain as an 8.
AF | PDBR | CY2010 | PD2010-00735
The VA exam, one month prior to separation noted residual scar symptoms of the left hand to include itching and burning. RECOMMENDATION : The Board recommends that the CI’s prior determination be modified as follows and that the discharge with severance pay be recharacterized to reflect permanent disability retirement, effective as of the date of her prior medical separation: Subj: PHYSICAL DISABILITY BOARD OF REVIEW (PDBR) RECOMMENDATIONS
NAVY | BCNR | CY2010 | 05382-10
Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of your application, together with all material submitted in support thereof, your naval record and applicable statutes, regulations and policies. As you have not demonstrated that, at the time of your release from active duty, you were unfit to reasonably perform your duties due to the effects of bronchitis, sinusitis, pneumonia, bronchiecstasis, and/or any other condition, the Board was unable to recommend that your record be...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00246
Bilateral forearms showed no hypertrophic scarring and “ROM within normal limits.” The scars were measured at: left upper extremity, dorsal hand 30 square inches (sq. The definition of “superficial” delineated in code 7802 note (2) is “one not associated with underlying soft tissue damage.” The MEB examination only noted the size of the scars with few descriptive details, although the diagnosis included skin grafting of both hands and a 3% full thickness burn to the left hand. With regard...