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Why was the Integrated Disability Evaluation System created?
Why was the Integrated Disability Evaluation System created?
- To help the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps determine whether wounded, ill or injured service members are able to continue to serve. (correct)
- To review patients with medical records with a DLC that impacts mobility, retention, or long-term physical fitness of an Airman.
- To ensure proper referral to the IDES
- A Fitness for Duty (FFD) Evaluation
What are some reasons a member could be medically separated or retired?
What are some reasons a member could be medically separated or retired?
- To help the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps determine whether wounded, ill or injured service members are able to continue to serve
- . AFI 48–123, Medical Examinations and Standards
- Have a disqualifying medical diagnosis, condition (physical or mental) prohibits or limits the individual from completing his or her duties, condition routinely interferes with their ability to deploy, condition restricts worldwide duty reassignment, imposes unreasonable requirements on the military to either maintain or protect the member. (correct)
- It is a condition or occurrence which may indicate a member has a health condition that is inconsistent with retention standards or deploy ability
Why does the AF have the two-step evaluation process?
Why does the AF have the two-step evaluation process?
- To ensure proper referral to the IDES (correct)
- A Fitness for Duty (FFD) Evaluation
- HQ AFPC/DPANM
- To ensure Proper referral to the ID Clinic
When a provider identifies a diagnosis that could be disqualifying for a member to continue active duty, what must the member undergo?
When a provider identifies a diagnosis that could be disqualifying for a member to continue active duty, what must the member undergo?
Once the deployment availability working group reviews the case, whom is it sent to?
Once the deployment availability working group reviews the case, whom is it sent to?
What is the purpose of the deployment availability working group?
What is the purpose of the deployment availability working group?
What is a trigger event?
What is a trigger event?
What AFI specifies conditions that require evaluation for continued military service?
What AFI specifies conditions that require evaluation for continued military service?
Who can request medical evaluations due to poor duty performance or deployment concerns stemming from a potential medication condition?
Who can request medical evaluations due to poor duty performance or deployment concerns stemming from a potential medication condition?
What cases are not qualified for disability processing?
What cases are not qualified for disability processing?
Once identified, how long does a Review in Lieu of MEB have to meet the DAWG?
Once identified, how long does a Review in Lieu of MEB have to meet the DAWG?
What is a duty limitation?
What is a duty limitation?
What is an Airman’s inability to perform actions based on an assessment of an Airman’s injury or illness by a medical professional?
What is an Airman’s inability to perform actions based on an assessment of an Airman’s injury or illness by a medical professional?
What assignment availability code cannot to exceed 12 months?
What assignment availability code cannot to exceed 12 months?
What assignment availability code is used for members pending a MEB?
What assignment availability code is used for members pending a MEB?
When would you use an AF Form 469, Duty Limiting Condition Report?
When would you use an AF Form 469, Duty Limiting Condition Report?
When should an AF Form 422, Notification of Air Force Member’s Qualification Status be used?
When should an AF Form 422, Notification of Air Force Member’s Qualification Status be used?
What kind of fitness exemptions are required to meet the DAWG?
What kind of fitness exemptions are required to meet the DAWG?
Who is required to be part of the DAWG?
Who is required to be part of the DAWG?
What are the determinations the DAWG can make?
What are the determinations the DAWG can make?
If the DAWG refers the case for adjudication, how long does the quality review have to be completed?
If the DAWG refers the case for adjudication, how long does the quality review have to be completed?
What recommendations can DPANM make?
What recommendations can DPANM make?
Whose responsibility is it to obtain signatures from the board members and the approval authority on the AF Form 618, Medical Board Report?
Whose responsibility is it to obtain signatures from the board members and the approval authority on the AF Form 618, Medical Board Report?
Who does the MEB clerk forward the completed MEB package to once the evaluee or NOK signs the AF Form 618?
Who does the MEB clerk forward the completed MEB package to once the evaluee or NOK signs the AF Form 618?
When does the PEBLO refer an Airman to the Airman and Family Readiness Center for preseparation counseling?
When does the PEBLO refer an Airman to the Airman and Family Readiness Center for preseparation counseling?
What provides instructions on compiling cases documentation and provides a MEB checklist?
What provides instructions on compiling cases documentation and provides a MEB checklist?
What function does the VA’s Military Service Coordinator perform?
What function does the VA’s Military Service Coordinator perform?
Who notifies the member of the IDES process and schedule the medical examinations required to adjudicate the member’s disability claim?
Who notifies the member of the IDES process and schedule the medical examinations required to adjudicate the member’s disability claim?
What is a joint application that supports the effective management and tracking of Veteran and service member throughout the process, from the initial arrival of members into the VA health system and monitoring of benefits applications and administrative details?
What is a joint application that supports the effective management and tracking of Veteran and service member throughout the process, from the initial arrival of members into the VA health system and monitoring of benefits applications and administrative details?
When the PEBLO receives the C&P results back from the MSC, where should the results go?
When the PEBLO receives the C&P results back from the MSC, where should the results go?
If there are no inconsistencies or updates, what statement should the providers put on the narrative summary?
If there are no inconsistencies or updates, what statement should the providers put on the narrative summary?
