HI all! Sorry for the double posts in another section
Without going into too much detail, I have sustained an injury for which I am about to wrap up my 2nd 6 month TCAT for. The prognosis is poor and surgery is not recommended. Knowing this after meeting with the surgeon (civilian) I approached my MO and asked what the next steps were. He proceeded to inform me of the traditional timelines (7-9 months for D Med Pol + 6 months for DMCA AR-MEL + release message time). The MO then proceeded to inform me however that if I was keen to "move on" as I had indicated due to the poor prognosis, that since I was already on a TCAT submitting a VR automatically triggers and expedited D Med Pol review and subsequent AR-MEL based on the eventual PCAT. I inferred from him that this procedure exists as a safety net to ensure the CAF doesn't unknowingly VR those who aren't medically ready to be released (That sounds like the right way to take care of veterans honestly!).
I took from the conversation with the MO that although one may submit a VR, DMCA will instead provide a 3b release message if deemed to breach UoS regardless of the original intent to VR. He didn't explicitly say 3B, but kept referring to it as a medical release. This is something that I had vaguely heard of from others however never paid much attention to it until I myself became injured (go figure ).
Just wondering if anyone out there has experienced this first hand!
Thanks!
Without going into too much detail, I have sustained an injury for which I am about to wrap up my 2nd 6 month TCAT for. The prognosis is poor and surgery is not recommended. Knowing this after meeting with the surgeon (civilian) I approached my MO and asked what the next steps were. He proceeded to inform me of the traditional timelines (7-9 months for D Med Pol + 6 months for DMCA AR-MEL + release message time). The MO then proceeded to inform me however that if I was keen to "move on" as I had indicated due to the poor prognosis, that since I was already on a TCAT submitting a VR automatically triggers and expedited D Med Pol review and subsequent AR-MEL based on the eventual PCAT. I inferred from him that this procedure exists as a safety net to ensure the CAF doesn't unknowingly VR those who aren't medically ready to be released (That sounds like the right way to take care of veterans honestly!).
I took from the conversation with the MO that although one may submit a VR, DMCA will instead provide a 3b release message if deemed to breach UoS regardless of the original intent to VR. He didn't explicitly say 3B, but kept referring to it as a medical release. This is something that I had vaguely heard of from others however never paid much attention to it until I myself became injured (go figure ).
Just wondering if anyone out there has experienced this first hand!
Thanks!