Many "Unfitting Medical Conditions" Eligible for Reevaluation But Few Know About It
In the FY2008 NDAA, Congress created DoD's Physical Disability Board of Review (PDBR) to reevaluate the accuracy and justness of the combined disability ratings that service members who were separated due to a finding of unfitting medical conditions, rather than being medically retired (with all the benefits). Over 60% of those who have applied for reevaluation have been granted disability retirement status. But less than 1000 veterans have applied for this reevaluation.
Since DoD itself has said that over 77,000 veterans are eligible for the review, this is a shockingly small number. We firmly believe that this is because few veterans have any idea that this Board exists. We, along with many other VSOs and MSOs alone and with The Military Coalition are urging DoD to write each of the 77,000 veterans they acknowledge could be helped by this reevaluation.
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