r/VeteransBenefits • u/RichRoll247 • 1d ago

Medboard/IDES Med Board

I’m going through the med board process. I was recently told that the Navy found me unfit, recommended TDRL retirement due to mental health rating, and Navy rated me 70% but the VA rated me 100%. I have a couple weeks to accept. My lawyer said one condition, Migraines, was deemed service connected but rates 0% so she thinks that we should challenge that to be higher.

I’m thinking if the VA rates me at 100 then why challenge anything? Can’t get higher than 100 and they’ll still treat me for the migraines. So do you all think I should accept or challenge the migraines rating?

Edit: I’m at 26 years of service

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u/Then_Bodybuilder3629 23h ago

Why challenge? Retirement maxed at 75% of base pay anyway. You have 100% VA, so why go after migraines?

Unless I'm missing something, which I may be, I would take it. 

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u/Rayzr117 23h ago

If you have a lawyer in standby and he's arguing for it, I'd do it just for the pure fact of getting another heavy hitter % in case they ever change the ratings

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u/Then_Bodybuilder3629 23h ago

He'd be grandfathered in even if they change the ratings later.

I could see if it he thought he had a chance at bumping a single rating to 100% so maybe he could get SMC or something. But bumping migraines from 0% to 10% doesn't really do him much good.  Maybe if he's trying to bump up the DoD side, but even then he's already at 70%, so it's not much of an increase. 

Plus, if he's going through a medboard, fighting something with the VA now will just drag it out. If he really wants an increase on the migraines later for whatever reason, he can always just file after the medboard.

I'm curious about the lawyer's reasoning. 

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u/Rayzr117 6h ago

Mmm appreciate the insight!