PART I - APPLICANT’S ISSUES AND DOCUMENTATION
PART II - SUMMARY OF SERVICE
PART III – RATIONALE FOR DECISION AND PERTINENT REGULATION/LAW
USMC | DRB | 2002_Marine | MD02-00810
MD02-00810 Applicant’s Request The application for discharge review, received 020515, requested that the characterization of service on the discharge be changed to honorable. After a thorough review of the records, supporting documents, facts, and circumstances unique to this case, the Board found that the discharge was proper but not equitable with respect to the characterization (C and D).The Applicant introduced no decisional issues for consideration by the NDRB. While the Applicant's...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01895
The Board’s assessment of the PEB rating determinations is confined to review of medical records and all available evidence for application of the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) standards to the unfitting medical condition at the time of separation. Post-Separation)ConditionCodeRatingConditionCodeRatingExam Chronic Bilateral Knee Pain5099-500310%Retropatellar Pain Syndrome with Chondromalacia, Right Knee5099-501410%20040802Retropatellar Pain Syndrome with...
USMC | DRB | 2002_Marine | MD02-00794
MD02-00794 Applicant’s Request The application for discharge review, received 020515, requested that the characterization of service on the discharge be changed to honorable. Dear Chairperson:After a review of the Former Service Members (FSM) DD Form 293 Application for the Naval Discharge Review Board of Discharge or Dismissal from the Armed Forces of the United States and all of the evidence assembled for review, we continue to support the contentions as set forth by the Applicant, in his...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01512
The leg, hipand knee conditions, characterized as “bilateral shin splints,” “right tibial plafond stress reaction,” “bilateral femoral stress reactions,” and “left greater trochanteric bursitis & PFPS [patellofemoral pain syndrome],” were forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW SECNAVINST 1850.4E. Bilateral Leg PainCondition (includes Bilateral Shin Splints,Bilateral Femoral Stress Reactions, Left Greater Trochanteric Bursitis, and Left PFPS) :The narrative summary, 4 months...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-01872
Chronic Right Knee Pain Condition . After due deliberation in consideration of the preponderance of the evidence, the Board concluded that there was insufficient cause to recommend a change in the PEB fitness determination for the left knee stress fracture condition and so no additional disability rating is recommended. Physical Disability Board of Review
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD-2012-00815
The PEB adjudicated right knee pain (PFPS) as unfitting rated 0% with likely application of the US Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) pain policy and the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). Post-Separation) Condition Code Rating Condition Code Rating Exam R PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME 5099-5003 0% RESIDUALS OF R KNEE INJURY, S/P MENISCAL REPAIR, PATELLOFEMORAL SYNDROME 5257 10%* 20030730 INTERMITTENT LBP Not Unfitting NO VA ENTRY R INTER TROCHANTERIC SCLEROTIC...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD 2012 01140
The Informal PEB adjudicated PFPS, left knee as unfitting, rated 10%, with cited application of the US Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) pain policy. The commander’s statement noted that the CI’s knee prevented him from performing his MOS duties.The MEB narrativesummary (NARSUM) exam approximately 2 months prior to separation documented that the CI reported that most of the sharp pain was located under the knee cap and was increased with walking, running and climbing stairs. ...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD-2012-01921
The MEB also identified and forwarded history of cellulitis, left knee, chronic bilateral hip pain secondary to bilateral iliotibial band friction syndrome, chronic mechanical low back pain, mild (less than a centimeter) left shorter than right limb length discrepancy, and mild bilateral pes planus conditions.The PEBadjudicated “left patellofemoral pain with secondary chronic left knee pain” as unfitting, rated 10%, with likely application of the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating...
USMC | DRB | 2006_Marine | MD0600604
Period of Limited Duty: 8 months. Follow up: as needed.Final Disposition: PT is found FFD w/the following limitations – partial PT only, no running – no forced marches. Bilateral knee joint pain in the patellofemoral region, worse while walking, while running, while jumping, started gradually, occurs at rest, worse on rising from a seated position, knee joint stiffness, and a grating sensation I the knee but no knee joint swelling, able to straighten the knee, and the knee did not suddenly...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01247
The PEBadjudicated chronic anterior knee pain, s/p left knee arthroscopic lateral retinacular release for lateral patellar compression syndrome as unfitting, rated 10%with likely application of SECNAVINST 1850.4E/Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD).The remaining conditions, coxa saltans of the left hip and left greater trochanteric bursitis were determined to be Category III, conditions that are not separately unfitting and do not contribute to the unfitting condition. ...