How to Apply to the APDRB: Submit a letter requesting a review to the APDRB It has the same powers as the Board (retiring Board, medical Board, other disposition Board) that originally reviewed but denied your disability claim upon separation or retirement. The APDRB reviews decisions made by a prior board. If you are a member or former member of the Army who was separated or retired from active duty within the past 15 years with a physical disability separation without pay for physical disability, you may be eligible to apply to this Board. To learn more and for application procedures, visit the ABCMR page on this site or link to it by clicking here: The Army Physical Disability Review Board (APDRB) Unlike the Army, the VA can evaluate a veteran throughout his or her lifetime, adjusting the percentage of disability based upon that agency's examinations and findings. As a result, these two Government agencies may arrive at different disability ratings based on the same impairment. The VA awards disability ratings to veterans for service-connected conditions, including those conditions detected after discharge, to compensate the individual for loss of civilian employability. The VA does not have authority or responsibility for determining physical fitness for military service. The Army disability rating is to compensate the individual for the loss of a military career. The Army rates only conditions determined to be physically unfitting at the time of discharge which disqualify the Soldier from further military service. However, an award of a higher Veterans Affairs (VA) rating does not establish error or injustice in the Army rating. In other words, the Board may consider granting your request for a disability separation or retirement, or a change to your disability rating, if an error exists in your record or as a matter of fairness (equity) even if an error does not exist. The ABCMR is the highest level of administrative review in the Army and exists to correct errors or remove injustices from a Soldier's military records. The Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR)
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