Does anyone here have experience with Board for Correction of Naval Records?

2018-09-25T21:50:24-04:00

I applied to get my reentry code upgraded from RE-3 to RE-1 due to a fracture I received while training at Parris Island. I received a docket number about 3 weeks ago and it took about 3 months to get that. I am just curious as to if anyone has any insight into the process and how realistic the wait time would be.

Response by LTC John Mohor made Sep 25 at 2018 10:29 PM

2018-09-25T22:29:52-04:00

I'd talk with your local VFW American Legion Service officers for some insight along with your recruiters.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 25 at 2018 11:27 PM

2018-09-25T23:27:59-04:00

I don’t think it can be changed. Medical discharge is an RE-3 and always is.

Response by LT Brad McInnis made Sep 25 at 2018 11:42 PM

2018-09-25T23:42:05-04:00

Never dealt with them, but any records thing the best thing to talk to is a recruiter. They have all the latest NAVADMINS, plus they can point you in the right direction. If you have a VA in your area, they are also a good resource.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Sep 26 at 2018 1:27 AM

2018-09-26T01:27:25-04:00

https://www.military.com/benefits/records-and-forms/discharge-review.html

Read this first...all the correction boards use DD Form 149, however, trust me, heymall take a long, long time, minimum likely a year and a half to maybe teomyears before you'd hear even a word, and your mame gets to the head of the waiting list...try another way, OK? Call [login to see] , and ask the VA toll free staff about the discharge review board (DRB) traveling teams, I'm fairly sure try exist, just as there are traveling teams for the Board of Veterans Appeals (NVA). Now understand, you might still need to file a DD Form 149, I think the upgrade one is the DD Form 295 or something like that. Also, you're gonna need to try to call your VA Regional Ofc. (VARO), which can often he quite hard to get through to, not impossible, just hard, so you're gonna need to be really patient, I assure you, as your whole thing is likely to take a long, long time...never ever try it without a vet group or attorney, or a law school vet law clinics, though the don't take all cases...lemme send you this, then I'll send something else, OK?

Discharge Review Boards

Veterans can have their military discharge conditions reviewed and possibly upgraded by requesting a review.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Sep 26 at 2018 1:38 AM

2018-09-26T01:38:55-04:00

http://www.vetadvocates.org

Look through this, other than the vet groups, which all have law forms ter use for really complex cases, NOVA is, we:d found my wife and I, to be the best...being as yours might not he a disability case, I gather, you might find a vet group cheaper, though more time consuming, as it'd be free, I'd expect, VA qualified attorneys only typically take contingency fee cases for long term disability stuff, where thee expect a fair returnz that was how we did my whole thing, we started with a vet group, they were overwhelmed, we moved to a NOVA guy quite senior in their world with three uywrs prior active and 35-40 urs of BA law experience, so we lucked out...the BA DRN traveling teams, I think, could let you actually see those you'd need to appeal it to, ultimately, near you, without travel, it can be done by video to the whole board in DC, or also by mail, as well, however, traveling teams, we found, were nest, when we did my thing, it took six and half years total, incl seeing a BVA traveling team judge, then waiting a year for the basic approval, and another year for the final total perm disabled upgrade...DRBs I'm unsure how they differ, that's why you need a vet group, either at a VARO, as I had to actually see to file with, or done at town or county level, depending on where you are...and for Gd's sake, tell all three Congress offices all of it, you're gonna need to speak with their vet staffs, all of those are local, don't call the DC office, those are piely policy staff, local claims are handled by local staffs at local offices, fle with the House member, and bhth Senate offices, you're gonna need to do Privacy Act releases before tell even do !ore than speak in the phone, it:s law, time consuming, however, required, trust !e, been there, done that (BTDT), OK? I hope all that helps, if you want to know more, ask, I'll try to explain as !much as I can albeit purely from the user standpoint, I've never been formally trained for it, we've just been throughpretty much all of it, which is why I can explain as much as I have in that level of detail, OK?

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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Sep 26 at 2018 1:42 AM

2018-09-26T01:42:23-04:00

And also, for God's sake, save ever piece of paper, scan it in somewhere onto a hard drive, flash drive, and/or email it to yourself, preferably as Adobe Acrobat PDF, at minimum JPEG format, though PDF is easier to use, I'd found, more commonplace, get a big box, folder, organizer, what he you, get all your records from NPRC in St. Louis, part of NARA, the Natl Archives, get your sdmin stiff with all your performance styuff, and also all your clinical staff, !ed/dental, all of it, just save yourself the time and trust me, get it, you're likely to need it all anyway, sooner or later, whether now, or eventually, I assure you....

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Sep 26 at 2018 1:58 AM

2018-09-26T01:58:48-04:00

https://vetrecs.archives.gov/VeteranRequest/home.html

Use this site eVetRecs, to file explicitly for your admin and !ed/demt stiff, he explicit and ask for both sets, otherwise you'll likely only get the admin personnel stuff...do the Java applet, there's only linked space, so you're gonna need to abbreviate cleverly...then, print out the request, after it oes in online, sign the form, and faxmit back to the fax phone shown, until you sign amdmdate the form, NPRC can't help you...don't lose it, or you're gonna have to start all over again, trust !e, and if you call the main phone staff in St Louis 314 801 something, look it up, I forget it at the moment, don't even bother till you get the acknowledgment letter, then it'll take a couple of months for tjem to get your stuff, tll he free, it'll all he soubgle sided copies, go to a Staples or copy place, and recopy of all single sided, double sided is a pain, it's just the law, NPRC can't send you your stiff single sided, it wastes paper, so, that's on you totally, OK? Also, NPRC is quite good as longnas you give tjem your info, if you've got a DD214, send it, if not, ask for it, though the BA eBemefis site can let you download a DD214 now as am Adobe Acrobat PDF...you'll need to do the remote online proofing, youmcamt go to the BA hospitals anymore to do it, normally, the BA hospitals had that taken away from them a few years ago...register for VONAPP also, as well as myHealteVet if allowed, the other sites, both linked to VA eBemefts...VA doesn't run eNemefits, the svcs do, under DMDC.DSO, there are toll free phones for tje VA side, and the DMDC.DSO side, he DMDC.DSO side is super strict, we know, we needed to speak with them when we got my mother in law evald for any BA survivor benefits, she couldn't get them, I just needed God knows how many emails, phone calls, and a VA home visit from a VARO staff !e!her to get her listed, as VA and the svcs didn't know she even existed under my wife's stepdad, VA GE's by the lat !arroage, Mom remarried after my wife's Dad was lost, he'd been Army, the stepdad had been Navy...trust !e, as I said, I've seem a whole lot of how it actually all needs to he handled, to do it right, just use eVetRecs as I'd said, you'll need maybe a month or twp to get all your stuff, them scan all tat in as welll, and do it yourself, not a copy place, to prevent any mistakes, I guarantee you're gonna be a whole lot more careful doing it to !make sure no pages are lost, OK?

NARA | e-Vetrecs .

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Sep 26 at 2018 2:05 AM

2018-09-26T02:05:29-04:00

And I gather you're thinking of trying to go nscl in, I'd seem...if you can, try to elaborate on which svcs you've!looked at, which fields, which MOS or AFSC or rate possibilities, your educ staff, assocs, Bach, grades, GPA, coursework, etc, it'd help all of is try to help!you, the more you tell all of is, the more we can all try to suggest, trust !e, I tend to gravitate to career/educ stuff...also, what your MOS or rate was before, I gather you were ISMC, I take it...I'm assuming you want to go back ISMC as well? That's fine, up to you, I'm !merely suggesting to try to be as flexible as you can in your outlook, if other svcs !right take you, don't dismiss the possibility, that's my only point, OK? Just a thought, for whatever it !might be worth...also, do you want senior enlisted? Warrant? Commissioned? Reserve? Active duty? Hab you looked at AGR? Guard? Guard Tech? Reserve Tech? Try to be as detailed as you can, so we can try to be of as !much use to you as possible, so far as you'd care to explain, do a really detailed bio sketch, so far you can, OK? Hope tat all helps, honest, OK?