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Never having been diagnosed as having a mental illness or disorder, nor ever being court ordered to be committed to a mental hospital for treatment. Yet, one instance of being placed into protective custody after accidemtal GSW the probate court judge extended the emergency 72 hour psych eval/observation OPC to a full 14 day observation, but not commitment to the mental hospital. The official discharge of the psychiatrist states no mental illness, no need for hospitalization, and no danger to himself or others. Is this considered disqualifying history, even though never diagnosed with mental illness, never commited, only observation. The part that is tricky is this was not a court ordered commitment, only protective custody observation and all this being a result of accidental self inflicted GSW wrongfullly believed / assessed by investigators to be suicide attempt. CHL was issued before this occured, and now is being reviewed by the medical board per request of the dps. It's been a while since placed under review and I'm curious as to what is my best next move. Should I wait till they give me a ruling? If so, do I retain an attorney, do I contest the Probate courts 14 day observation. Also, if while waiting for a ruling from the medical review board my address changes but I don't update my drivers license address, should I update my CHL address/in turn pay the fee and request a new updated license / with new address even while waiting for their ruling?? Or would this possibly indicate to the DPS or Medical board any flag and cause more scrutiny? Any advice, or direction to what laws, what lawyers, and what might be best to proceed would be appreciated. Thanks.