MANMED Ch - 18 Medical Evaluation Boards

Question 1

What authority must a CO of an MTF have in order to have medical evaluation boards?

Answer 1

Convening authority

Question 2

What term refers to a pronouncement by a physician or by an MEB that a patient previously on light duty or LIMDU has healed from injury or illness?

Answer 2

Fit for Duty

Question 3

What is a finding made exclusively by DON PEB in determining an ADSM’s ability to continue serving in the Navy or Marine Corps?

Answer 3

Fitness for Continued Naval Service

Question 4

SIQ status usually should not exceed how many hours?

Answer 4

72 hours

Question 5

Convalescent leave should not exceed how many days?

Answer 5

30 days

Question 6

Light duty can only be ordered in periods not to exceed how many days?

Answer 6

30 days

Question 7

What is the maximum light duty a provider can grant?

Answer 7

up to 90 days

Question 8

What form is the individual sick slip?

Answer 8

NAVMED 6310/1

Question 9

In addition to the parent command, who else must be notified if a ADSM is placed on LIMDU/TLD?

Answer 9

the respective servicing PSD

Question 10

What instruction is the Navy Disability Evaluation Manual?

Answer 10

SECNAVINST 1850.4

Question 11

What are the two purposes of Medical Evaluation Board Reports?

Answer 11

Place an ADSM on LIMDU/TLD or Refer to PEB

Question 12

Who do DON PEBs report to?

Answer 12

Director, Secretary of the Navy Council of Review Boards (DIRSECNAVCORB)

Question 13

What form is the Abbreviated Medical Evaluation Board Report?

Answer 13

NAVMED 6100/5

Question 14

What form is the Return of a Patient to Duty from Limited Duty?

Answer 14

NAVMED 6100/6

Question 15

What is the online system that requires information to be entered when an ADSM is placed on LIMDU?

Answer 15

MedBOLT - Medical Board On-line Triservice Tracking

Question 16

When an ADSM is referred to an MEB, where must entries be made in the health record

Answer 16

On a SF 600 and the DD 2766 - section 4 “hospitalizations/surgeries”

Question 17

For how long must MTFs maintain records on MEBs?

Answer 17

2 years

Question 18

How many LIMDU periods can be granted by the MTF to enlisted before referral to service HQ?

Answer 18

two

Question 19

How many LIMDU periods can be granted by the MTF to Officers before referral to service HQ for department review?

Answer 19

none - all LIMDU for officers is sent to service HQ

Question 20

No more than how many days can elapse before the CA signs the NAVMED 6100/5 after the MEB?

Answer 20

5 working day

Question 21

How many days do MTF have for MEBR to be sent to and accepted by the PEB when submitting for fitness for continued service determinations?

Answer 21

30 days