Yes, I was discharged as a result of a PEB, and at the time of the PEB, I did not meet the physical fitness requirements (according to the doctor that made the recommendation.) however, at the time I was ignorant. there where many things that I did not know much about including the appeals process, I was just relieved it was over. I have been to plenty of doctors in the navy and out... one in particular opened my eyes... it was at the VA a few months after I was discharged... he looked over my file.. and without having ever examined me or spoken to the doctors who had he told me with absolute certainty that the diagnosis I had received did not exist (despite the fact that I had seen doctor after doctor while still enlisted..), so he didn’t know how to help me... then he sent me on my way. this made me look into things a little further.. my first discovery: many doctors are full of stuff, some are full of themselves, some are full of something else that smells bad... both are bad things for the patient.. The second discovery... I looked further into my PEB, I was discharged based on a couple of factors... one being the unfortunate incident with the corpsman the other being an underlying condition that I was diagnosed with in bootcamp... That condition didn’t hold me back one time until the final incident.. it was just always there... I got headaches when I ran... bad ones... it never stopped me from passing a PRT, although I didn’t particularly like the running part of it, and it didn’t stop me from doing my job. When I was sent for a PEB, I was under the impression that it was because of what happened and the length of time my anticipated recovery was going to be... I didn’t anticipate however that it would include my whole file... and my doctors recommendation (to the negative) would play a HUGE part. was I ignorant?? absolutely, I thought I was invincible and nothing could stop me.. well, my ignorance did more than anything. I went to college, visited quite a few doctors... found out most of them where wrong the first few times... and got my life in order. I have an opportunity to actually teach at the college I received my degrees from this fall... and I might do it. but first and foremost I wanted to find out if I could teach in the navy for a while... I miss the navy.. I miss the pride I felt while I was in, nothing has ever compared to that for me.
thanks again guys
-Justin