What is the name of your state? SC Branch: Navy TIS: 7 years
My husband was injured early last year during PT. The diagnosis was finally handed down that he has Patella Femoral Syndrome in both knees. It is irreparable and will, as it turns out, put an end to his military career. His orthopedist (military doc) recommended in writing that my husband request a med. board. His PCM procrastinated about getting busy with it for a long time and we were grateful for that as neither of us is looking forward to him getting out. Things started getting really bad for him in the office though as several of his superiors were/are giving him a rough time about not being able to do much PT with his waiver. So he finally began pushing the issue a couple of weeks ago. Since his PCM is just a physicians assistant, he had to get authorization to start the MEB process from a doctor. This doctor (a Captain) said that they had done everything for my husband that they possibly could medically and he refused to grant the MEB for him. He said for my husband to instruct his command to begin the proceedings for an Admin. Discharge. This was just this past Friday. Several people are telling my husband and myself that he has a right to a medical evaluation board. His chief and senior chief say that this is unfair to him but neither has any idea what he should do or what they can do to help him. He's going to legal this afternoon to see what they say. We're just scrambling at this point to try and figure out what we can and should do. This is all so frustrating for us because we have four children and no idea what my husband will do once he is out. We were counting on his being in the Navy for at least another 15 years. His command, as nice as most of them are, has got to be the most unorganized, uninformed group of people I have ever seen. No one seems to be able to help us. To add to the frustrations, he went to see his career counselor to get some kind of an idea about what to do once discharged, and they don't have a "career counselor" right now. What they have right now is a PN1 filling in until they get someone in who is trained for this and he flat out told my husband that he had no idea how to help him. Is there someone out there who can help us to understand what his rights are? Anyone who's been there that can offer advice at all, legal or not? (and I don't mean illegal advice, lol) Anyone looking to hire an unwanted DK2 with two bad knees?
My husband was injured early last year during PT. The diagnosis was finally handed down that he has Patella Femoral Syndrome in both knees. It is irreparable and will, as it turns out, put an end to his military career. His orthopedist (military doc) recommended in writing that my husband request a med. board. His PCM procrastinated about getting busy with it for a long time and we were grateful for that as neither of us is looking forward to him getting out. Things started getting really bad for him in the office though as several of his superiors were/are giving him a rough time about not being able to do much PT with his waiver. So he finally began pushing the issue a couple of weeks ago. Since his PCM is just a physicians assistant, he had to get authorization to start the MEB process from a doctor. This doctor (a Captain) said that they had done everything for my husband that they possibly could medically and he refused to grant the MEB for him. He said for my husband to instruct his command to begin the proceedings for an Admin. Discharge. This was just this past Friday. Several people are telling my husband and myself that he has a right to a medical evaluation board. His chief and senior chief say that this is unfair to him but neither has any idea what he should do or what they can do to help him. He's going to legal this afternoon to see what they say. We're just scrambling at this point to try and figure out what we can and should do. This is all so frustrating for us because we have four children and no idea what my husband will do once he is out. We were counting on his being in the Navy for at least another 15 years. His command, as nice as most of them are, has got to be the most unorganized, uninformed group of people I have ever seen. No one seems to be able to help us. To add to the frustrations, he went to see his career counselor to get some kind of an idea about what to do once discharged, and they don't have a "career counselor" right now. What they have right now is a PN1 filling in until they get someone in who is trained for this and he flat out told my husband that he had no idea how to help him. Is there someone out there who can help us to understand what his rights are? Anyone who's been there that can offer advice at all, legal or not? (and I don't mean illegal advice, lol) Anyone looking to hire an unwanted DK2 with two bad knees?