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1 INTEGRATED DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM (DES) 1. Overview of the IDES process: VA benefits -30TRANSITION, OUTPROCESSING, & LEAVE45REFERRAL -10VA CLAIMS -10VA Exam -45DoD Medical EVALUATION Board using VA exam -35Informal PEB15Preliminary VA Rating 15Formal PEB Decision &SM Approval -30TREATMENTIDES 295 days timeline goal includes all appeals plus member s leave +295 daysIntegrated DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM Process Steps:*Should NOT be calculated as process Reconsideration -15Formal PEB Appeal -30Administrative & Record Transit 15MEB Phase100 day goalPEB Phase120 day goalMember Transition Time *DoD MedicalVA ProcessesDoD PEBMember TimeTreatment & Limited Duty prior to IDES referral. a. The INTEGRATED DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM (IDES) is the joint DoD-VA process by which DoD determines whether Wounded, Ill, or Injured (WII) service members are fit for continued military service and by which DoD and VA determine appropriate benefits for service members who are separated or retired for a service-connected DISABILITY .

and by which DoD and VA determine appropriate benefits for service ... DES to the IDES, evaluation of a service members’ fitness for duty runs concurrently

  Benefits, Edis