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IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING

IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING. Ms. Frances A. Dennis USAPDA Policy Officer DSN 295-0814 E-Mail: fdennis@usapda.army.mil. AGENDA . What Is Imminent Death Processing? Physician Requirements PEBLO Requirements. Comparison of Benefits Imminent Death Issues. IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING.

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IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING

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  1. IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING • Ms. Frances A. Dennis • USAPDA Policy Officer • DSN 295-0814 • E-Mail: fdennis@usapda.army.mil

  2. AGENDA • What Is Imminent Death Processing? • Physician Requirements • PEBLO Requirements. • Comparison of Benefits • Imminent Death Issues

  3. IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING WHAT IS IT? • Expeditious Retirement Procedures for Disability on a 24-hour Basis. • Generally, Financially Advantageous to NOK, Including Those of Soldiers With Over 20 Years. • Applicable to the Single Soldier (SBP “Insurable Interest” Option) • Applies to AC and to RC Soldiers With Duty Related Disabilities; But, Not on the TDRL. • Must Have Prognosis of Death Within 72 Hours.

  4. IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING KEY PLAYERS • Physician • PERSCOM (Casualty & Memorial Affairs) • DCCS/MTF Commander • PEBLO • Retirement Services Officer • Physical Evaluation Boards

  5. IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING PHYSICIAN REQUIREMENTS/ACTIONS • Confirm Soldier Is Alive and Death Expected Within 72 Hours. • Alert PEBLO • Complete and Sign SF 502 (NARSUM). • Must Incl. Statement “Death Is Expected Within 72 Hours”. • Mental Disorders, Regardless of Etiology, Add Statement IAW AR 40-3, Para 7-8. • Mentally Competent for Pay Purposes? • Capable of Understanding and Cooperating with PEB? • Dangerous to Himself/Herself or to Others?

  6. IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING PEBLO REQUIREMENTS/ACTIONS • Contact and Counsel NOK on the Imminent Death • Alert PERSCOM Casualty and Memorial Affairs When LD Investigation Is Required.--LTC Steward, DSN 221-5314; Beeper 1-800-759-8888, PIN 1063965--Mr. Campbell, DSN 221-7575;Beeper 1-800-759-8888, PIN 115424 • Obtain Soldier’s or NOK’s Signature on the MEB • If Soldier Is Incompetent and NOK Cannot Be Located, OR • If Soldier or NOK Refuses to Sign MEB a Statement Will Be Prepared and Submitted w/MEB.

  7. IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING PEBLO REQUIREMENTS/ACTIONS • Fax Completed MEB To PEB. Ensure The Following: -- DA Form 3947 Signed By DCCS Or By A Designee. -- NARSUM Contains Statement:“Death Is Expected Within 72 Hours” Note: MEB may be forwarded pending LOD

  8. IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING PEBLO REQUIREMENTS/ACTIONS • Upon Receipt of PEB Findings Counsel Soldier or NOK and Obtain Election. • May Be Done by Telephone With Preparation of MFR. • If Soldier or NOK Declines to Make an Election, Prepare Statement and Advise Soldier/NOK That Imminent Death Processing Is Terminated. • If Soldier Is Deemed Incompetent and NOK Cannot Be Located, the MTF Commander or His Designee Makes the Election on Behalf of the Soldier (AR 37-104-1, Para 9-21.) • FAX Election to PEB.

  9. IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING • Benefits Comparison Chart

  10. IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING ISSUES • Are comatose soldiers deemed “incompetent”? • Is separate competence board required? • For purposes of meeting the requirement of AR 40-3, para 7-8a, is the following statement sufficient on comatose soldiers: “ Soldier is incompetent for pay purposes (in a coma)”?

  11. IMMINENT DEATH PROCESSING ISSUES • Are comatose soldiers deemed “incompetent”? • Is separate competence board required? • For purposes of meeting the requirement of AR 40-3, para 7-8a, is the following statement sufficient on comatose soldiers: “ Soldier is incompetent for pay purposes (in a coma)”?

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