Story by Victoria Long | Marine Corps Installations East | 03.18.2024
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) debuted their new Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD) Intake Site today during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune. The new site, located in Building 316 on G Street, is home to representatives from the VA and veteran service organizations (VSO) who are focused on guiding service members through the disability claims......
Story by Bernard Little | Walter Reed National Military Medical Center | 05.04.2023
The Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) at Walter Reed, a Medical Board Division of Patient Administration (PAD), has consistently ranked high for its accuracy, consistency, and duty performance metrics when audited by, the Physical Disability Board of Review (PDRB), an independent reviewer....
Story by Lance Cpl. Donovan Lee | Marine Corps Installations East | 07.01.2013
With the decade long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are an increasing number of service members injured in the line of duty. A new system has been developed to alleviate some of the stress associated with processing disability claims....
Story by Jennifer Andersson | 159th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs | 09.14.2012
During 2012, the medically non-deployable population at Fort Campbell, Ky., has increased to approximately 20 percent of the Division's overall assigned strength, according to medical profile data reported by Blanchfield Army Community Hospital and the Integrated Disability Evaluation System. To enhance the readiness posture of the brigades, all units must continue to reduce the medically......
Story by Senior Airman Michael Ellis | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 04.19.2012
The MacDill Integrated Disability Evaluation System program, also known as the medical evaluation board, has experienced a major transformation since arriving at the 6th Medical Group in 2009....