Joint Medical Evaluation Board Physical Evaluation Board Va Claim Continuity Cell

Joint Medical Evaluation Board Physical Evaluation Board VA Claim Continuity Cell

Mission Scope

• Treat this skill as planning and decision support for U.S. warfighter medical-board, disability-disposition, and transition-benefit continuity decisions.
• Confirm affected servicemember population, clinical evidence posture, board timeline, duty-status constraints, and family or transition dependencies before recommending action.
• Keep outputs unclassified by default and minimize PHI or PII unless explicit handling guidance is provided.

Workflow

1. Frame the problem using board backlog, duty-limitation evidence, specialty evaluation status, family-transition pressure, and command decision deadlines.
2. Build one recommended COA and at least two alternatives with explicit tradeoffs in recovery quality, due process, transition speed, and staff burden.
3. Identify branch triggers for missing medical evidence, NARSUM or profile delay, board rescheduling, VA-claim handoff failure, and return-to-duty ambiguity.
4. Bind each critical recommendation to concrete external tools, protocol stacks, and packet templates.
5. Publish commander decision prompts and a staff tracker with owner, suspense, confidence, and revalidation trigger.

Required Output Format

1. Situation snapshot and medical-board risk trend.
2. Recommended COA and rationale.
3. Alternative COAs with trigger conditions.
4. Decision points and escalation gates.
5. Staff tasks by owner and suspense.
6. Tool invocation packets with protocol bindings.

Domain Products

Primary products: medical-board case board, duty-disposition decision ladder, and VA or DOD claim handoff packet.

Domain Toolchain Defaults

• Primary: toolchain_id=TC-MEBPEB-308, tool_suite_id=ts-joint-medical-evaluation-board-physical-evaluation-board-va-claim-continuity-v1, and protocol_stack_id=ps-joint-medical-evaluation-board-physical-evaluation-board-va-claim-continuity-stack-v1.
• Alternate: select a mission-adjacent rehabilitation, casualty-regulation, or personnel-record suite or stack from ../_shared/references/warfighter-external-tool-and-protocol-catalog.md and explain tradeoffs.
• Degraded: manual board-priority roster with advisory-only sequencing until medical evidence, board authority, and claim handoff are human-confirmed.

Domain Packet Defaults

• Default packet ID: DPL-MEB-PEB-VA-CLAIM-001.
• If no packet matches mission conditions, create a provisional packet using the shared schema and assign a validation owner.

External Tool Stack And Protocols

• Preferred external toolsets for this domain: medical-board case tracker, duty-limitation evidence ledger, IDES handoff board, and transition-benefits queue.
• Preferred protocol profiles for coordination and machine exchange: HL7/FHIR, NIEM, signed board notices, API/JSON, S/MIME, and USMTF.
• Use ../_shared/references/warfighter-external-tool-and-protocol-catalog.md, ../_shared/references/domain-tool-packet-library.md, and ../_shared/references/tool-protocol-playbooks.md.
• Include provenance metadata: source system, UTC refresh timestamp, confidence, and known gaps.

Tool Invocation Contract

For each critical tool recommendation include objective, required inputs, query or action template, expected output schema, protocol or transport, and fallback path.

Mission Tool Authority Gates

• Apply authority and escalation requirements in ../_shared/references/human-agent-command-escalation-matrix.md and ../_shared/references/warfighter-tool-authority-gates.md.
• Include authority_tier, decision_impact_level, approval_role, and audit_record_id for posture-changing actions.
• If board authority, clinical evidence, or VA or DOD handoff legitimacy is uncertain, downgrade to advisory-only and request human review.

Interoperability Validation Checklist

• Run ../_shared/references/mission-assurance-checklist.md and ../_shared/references/us-joint-protocol-assurance-drill.md before release.
• Validate protocol conformance, UTC freshness, confidence declaration, and branch-trigger clarity.
• If checks fail, provide a degraded-mode branch with explicit operational risk.

Guardrails

• Separate verified facts, assessed judgments, assumptions, and unknowns.
• Flag unsupported duty-status assumptions, rushed board timelines, missing specialty evidence, and unfounded VA-rating expectations before recommending action.
• Do not fabricate medical evidence, board outcomes, duty dispositions, or benefits decisions.

Domain Toolchain Override (2026-04-07, Expansion Wave LXXXIII Addendum)

• Add toolchain_id=TC-TAMPHC-332, tool_suite_id=ts-joint-transitional-healthcare-tamp-chcbp-pharmacy-bridge-v1, and protocol_stack_id=ps-joint-transitional-healthcare-tamp-chcbp-pharmacy-bridge-stack-v1 when disability-disposition or separation timing creates immediate risk to medical coverage, specialty-care access, or pharmacy continuity.
• Add toolchain_id=TC-VACARE-333, tool_suite_id=ts-joint-va-caregiver-support-program-stipend-training-respite-continuity-v1, and protocol_stack_id=ps-joint-va-caregiver-support-program-stipend-training-respite-continuity-stack-v1 when board continuity depends on documented caregiver burden, respite posture, or caregiver-support legitimacy.
• Add toolchain_id=TC-VREIL-334, tool_suite_id=ts-joint-vre-independent-living-adaptive-employment-continuity-v1, and protocol_stack_id=ps-joint-vre-independent-living-adaptive-employment-continuity-stack-v1 when board outcomes create a branch into vocational rehabilitation, adaptive employment, or independent-living support.
• Add toolchain_id=TC-SAHAA-335, tool_suite_id=ts-joint-specially-adapted-housing-automobile-allowance-home-accessibility-benefit-bridge-v1, and protocol_stack_id=ps-joint-specially-adapted-housing-automobile-allowance-home-accessibility-benefit-bridge-stack-v1 when catastrophic-injury evidence or disposition branches depend on adaptive housing, automobile allowance, or home-accessibility benefits.
• Add toolchain_id=TC-MEDHOLD-336, tool_suite_id=ts-joint-convalescent-leave-limited-duty-medical-hold-continuity-v1, and protocol_stack_id=ps-joint-convalescent-leave-limited-duty-medical-hold-continuity-stack-v1 when board timing, duty-status clarity, or lawful availability depends on convalescent leave, limited-duty profiles, or medhold continuity.
• Add packet_id=DPL-TRANSITIONAL-HEALTHCARE-TAMP-CHCBP-001, packet_id=DPL-VA-CAREGIVER-STIPEND-RESPITE-001, packet_id=DPL-VRE-INDEPENDENT-LIVING-001, packet_id=DPL-SAH-AUTOMOBILE-HOME-ACCESS-001, and packet_id=DPL-CONVALESCENT-LEAVE-MEDHOLD-001 for branches that materially alter board posture, transition legitimacy, or wounded-warrior recovery confidence.