Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) and Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) – Military Defense Lawyer for Military Disability Separations, Retirements, and Appeals

The Integrated Disability Evaluation System (I.D.E.S.) Addresses A Military Member’s Medical Fitness To Continue Serving and Rates Service Connected Disabilities

If you are a military member facing the MEB/PEB process, or seeking to be entered into the IDES process, you need a strong military defense lawyer as your advocate. Attorney Richard V. Stevens is a civilian court-martial defense lawyer and military defense lawyer. He began handling military cases in 1995 and he has been handling military cases for over 30 years. This has included numerous MEB/MEB cases over the three decades of his military legal practice. Attorney Stevens, and the military defense law firm he founded, are here to provide you with the zealous representation you are seeking in this process

While general court-martial (and sometimes special court-martial) successes may result in more public recognition, there are many other military adverse actions that could have a dramatic impact on the career and future of military members. Our civilian defense attorneys also handle these military cases. Such cases could include the MEB/PEB process.

The Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) of the individual service branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force) involves MEB (Medical Evaluation Board) and PEB (Physical Evaluation Board) processing.

Normally, this process begins when a military medical provider from the local installation medical treatment facility begins the MEB process to determine if a military member is medically fit for duties commensurate with his/her rank and position, and is deployable. This could happen, for example, when a military member is placed on a permanent medical profile. If the case progresses through the MEB process, it then advances to the PEB process. The PEB process begins with the IPEB (Informal Physical Evaluation Board) and, depending on the member’s elections, then could proceed to the FPEB (Formal Physical Evaluation Board). Possible outcomes in these cases include returning the member to duty, placing the member on the temporary disability retirement list (TDRL), administratively separating the member with severance or administratively separating the member with a medical retirement – depending on the disability rating/percentage in accordance with the VASRD (Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities).

Military members who are sick and/or injured and face this IDES (MEB/PEB) process, which can result in the abrupt end of their military career, and questionable future compensation. Because of this, having an experienced and aggressive military law attorney on your side could be absolutely vital in these military disability cases.

The strength of these military medical cases, including possible BCMR appeals afterward, is largely dependent upon professional medical support for the respondent’s or appellant’s position. Attorney Stevens is a civilian criminal defense attorney, former active duty military JAG lawyer, and former medical malpractice defense lawyer who exclusively practices military law. He defends military members stationed worldwide, providing legal representation in military trials, disciplinary actions, appeals, adverse actions, board hearings, and investigations.



If you’re considering an attorney for the IDES (MEB/PEB) process or an appeal of the outcome of the military disability process, please don’t hesitate to seek the legal help you’re going to need. For a free initial case consultation, please contact us.

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Attorney Richard Stevens

Mr. Stevens has been handling military cases since 1995. He has defended military cases dealing with the most serious military offenses, including allegations of “war crimes,” national security cases, murder, manslaughter, homicide, rape, sexual assault, other sex related offenses, drug offenses, computer crimes (pornography), larceny, fraud, AWOL/desertion, conduct unbecoming, military academy offenses, offenses within combat zones, senior officer cases and other military specific offenses around the world. [ Attorney Bio ]