If you remove the ICs from their sockets, and you still have 0.95 V in that part of the circuit, there is something else wrong. (Wrong resistor value, open/cold solder joint, short).
IC2 Pins 14 and 3 should also be at Vb around 3.5-3.6 volts. But I’m guessing they are also 0.85 since your Vb...