Posted on Aug 24, 2023
As a prior service member going through MEPS again, can I get a medical waiver when switching branches?
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I an currently in the Army. ETSing Aug 2024 due to a declination statement because I had declined orders for very personal reasons. With that being said, I do plan on switching the Marine Corps under an infantry contract. The recruiter and I have had discussions in regards to me switching over and everything is good. I just have ONE obstacle….I had a 240B malfunction while helping a KATUSA load rounds. Needless to say I now have an H3 hearing profile and have had it for a few years now. I am wondering from those who have switched branches and gone through MEPS as any prior service member, would I be able to go through MEPS just fine considering it happened on active duty? Is there waivers for the Marine Corps I could get? If I could get a waiver do I need letters of people I work with and have trained with to speak on my behalf? I was issued hearing aids that i rarely use. Day to day operations are perfectly fine, I perform very well in the field, I can hear and operate radio traffic just fine. Every once in a while you may have to repeat a word but thats about as far as that goes. Any advise or insight would be hugely appreciated. Thank you all!
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Is the H3 permanent or temp? If it is permanent, why were you not recommended for a MEB as a Perm 3 or 4 profile auto triggers one?
But, to your question. If you were given a 3 in Hearing...and permanent....yea, you're more than likely going to need a waiver. However, that will be completely up to MEPS and the Recruiter to determine. As for needed letters, the MEPS process would inform your Recruiter what additional paperwork will be needed (if any).
I am also surprised that the Marines are moving forward with recruiting you as a Prior Service. They are not known for taking Prior Service from other Branches...let alone Marines that got out and tried to get back in.
But, to your question. If you were given a 3 in Hearing...and permanent....yea, you're more than likely going to need a waiver. However, that will be completely up to MEPS and the Recruiter to determine. As for needed letters, the MEPS process would inform your Recruiter what additional paperwork will be needed (if any).
I am also surprised that the Marines are moving forward with recruiting you as a Prior Service. They are not known for taking Prior Service from other Branches...let alone Marines that got out and tried to get back in.
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Its a permanent 3. Unless someone messed, I did have a MEB review back in 2019. Since then its been a permanent H3. I go Sept 20th the redo my sprint test and the hearing booth since the last one I did, I had to do it twice because I had gotten improved scores but they said my left ear was masking for my right ear. I have absolutely no issues throughout day to day activities or duty activities. In the field I wear electronic earpro but I’ve been using electronic earpro since I got the my first unit back in 2016
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MSgt James Parker
SGT (Join to see) As I see you are at Hunter AAF (Just outside of Savannah) If you have explained everything to your Marine Corps Recruiter and everything is documented an interservice transfer should be seamless (just prep for Marine Corps Basic Training and Parris Island, SC - even in the fall - is difficult. With that being said I am from the Savannah (Hinesville/Jesup) Area and though I was a Marine Corps Recruiter in West Georgia 1998-2001 - Americus, GA. As for MSG (Join to see) I completed four interservice transfers for soldiers out of "Ft. Benning then/Liberty now" and two more Former Marines past their 90-day past EAS reenlistments. As for all six only one required a local command waiver as this soldier had a purple heart (leg shrapnel from 1991 - Iraq) and after 10 years in the Army's 82AB completed his interservice transfer to the Marines as his father was also a Marine from California. In short have all of your records transferred to MEPS (Jacksonville Fla) and the recruiter or at least the RSS NCOIC will set you straight. I thank you for your service and applaud you for wanting to continue to serve. Semper Fi.
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None of this aligns with current practice. Re entering service with the marines does not happen save sone very special skills.
You have a permanent profile and are leaving service through declination, again there had to be a serious reason for approval that usually will set off a red flag to reenter service shortly there after. Not sure who is guiding you but it appears as if they themselves are off base.
You have a permanent profile and are leaving service through declination, again there had to be a serious reason for approval that usually will set off a red flag to reenter service shortly there after. Not sure who is guiding you but it appears as if they themselves are off base.
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