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Service members new to the Medical Evaluation Board and Physical Evaluation Board process are most often confused and weighed down with questions concerning their legal rights.
Soldiers’ MEB Counsel and Soldiers Counsel are licensed attorneys available to provide information, advice and advocacy to Soldiers throughout the MEB-PEB process.
Our attorneys and paralegals receive specialized annual certification training on the Integrated Disability Evaluation System and specifically how cases in USAREUR are processed under the new OCONUS Permanent Change of Station policy.
SMEBC personnel are available to assist each individual Soldier from the moment he or she is initially referred for disability processing, throughout MEB processing and up to and including representation at the informal PEB levels.
At the beginning, general advice and assistance is provided in developing goals, strategy and to manage expectations while attempting to achieve an appropriate outcome in our clients’ cases.
As the Soldier progresses through the system, our personnel can provide specific advice and representation. SPEBC personnel are available to represent the Soldier at the formal PEB hearings and with post-PEB appeals.
Office of Soldiers’ Counsel personnel currently operate in two USAREUR offices: Heidelberg and Vilseck. While the Heidelberg office will soon close operations, we will shortly stand up a new office at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.
Heidelberg: 371-2091, 06221-17-2091
Vilseck: 476-3358, 09662-83-3358
Landstuhl: 314-590-8286, 06371-9464-8286 (date TBD)
Contact the above offices for assistance. In addition, visit the following website, which contains great information on the MEB/PEB process: www.jagcnet.army.mil/otjagosc.
Don’t try to navigate this complex process on your own. Don’t hesitate; take advantage of the free legal advice and representation available to you now. Your rights and benefits may be adversely affected if you don’t.
It is important to note that our personnel provide impartial legal advocacy to Soldiers. We do not provide legal advice to commanders, MEB nor the PEB. Additionally, we are not rated nor supervised by members of the MEB or PEB. We are here to help you.
Editor’s Note: An article previously listed incorrect numbers for the Heidelberg and Wiesbaden offices; this article corrects those inaccuracies.
(Courtesy of the Office of Soldiers’ MEB Counsel-Europe)
