How is the PEB structured?
The PEB is comprised of two types of boards, informal and formal. A board (Informal or Formal) is composed of a three-member panel trained on adjudication standards and procedures. The Presiding Officer will normally be a Colonel (sometimes a LTC); in addition each board has a Personnel Management Officer (normally a field grade officer or civilian equivalent) and a Medical Member (normally a DA civilian physician). Almost all of the civilian board members at the Army PEBs are retired military with significant experience. By law, all PEBs considering a Reserve Components (RC) Soldier will have an RC member. Informal PEB The MEB is initially reviewed by the Informal PEB. A Soldier does not appear before the Informal PEB. This board conducts a review of the medical and non-medical evidence of record contained in the MEB. The first determination made by the PEB is whether or not the Soldier is fit to continue to perform his/her primary military duties. If determined unfit, the PEB then de
