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Topic Name: hope for rescinded COEs
Message Name: re: Timeline?
Date Posted: 01/29/2006
In Reply To: ddg4, how much time passed before they sent you the letter? I know you said you spent about a year total but did you get any phone calls from an investigator or anything before the letter arrived or did it just come in the mail one day? How long after your med/poly did you get the bad news? Did you have two poly's or an indepth psych exam or anyting like that? Like most of us, I'd imagine, I'm frustrated with the lack of information from my PO (other than telling me 'you're still in processing' she's not been able to provide me with much help). I know it's not her fault, but the idea of some mysterious office out there processing my application and perhaps one day sending a little piece of paper rejecting me without an explanation is unsettling. But I guess that's the bargain you make when you start the whole process. Thanks for sharing your experience, disappointing as it has been.
Message: No problem.. I just want to let others out there know that it's a distinct possibility to get that far in the process, have no skeletons in your closet, but still get the thin letter. I did my med/poly back in October. Like everyone else processing during that time, I had two polys. At the end of the second one, I was told I passed. Nothing new or interesting was revealed (i.e. everything discussed was on my SF-86). I had a brief meeting with a psychologist, nothing intense. The background investigation started and was completed in mid-November. From then through last week, I had heard nothing from my PO. I know the background investigator was very positive and had normal conversations with my friends and colleagues. I knew it was a possibility to be deemed unsuitable after the med/poly, but I incorrectly assumed that no news after 3 months was good news. It just came in the mail... thankfully before I had resigned from my current job! After a week, I'm ok with it. I'll find something better suited to my talents and personality. I do think it was the therapy stint that did me in.. but they had known that for six months before deciding that was bad, so there really is no telling. Good luck to you!

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