PFC Private RallyPoint Member 4198439 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m currently on mission in a fairly remote part of the CONUS. With many medical specialists not being immediately available within the area, we would have to travel out of town for anything not covered by the on base docs. A memo was just put out to us saying that if we have medical appointments, they would charge us leave for the time we&#39;re gone. I&#39;ve heard from an E-5 in the past that medical appointments can&#39;t be charged to leave; so i&#39;m trying to figure out if it&#39;s true or not. I went looking through the reg, but I couldn&#39;t make heads or tails of most of it. 2018-12-10T21:09:36-05:00 PFC Private RallyPoint Member 4198439

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m currently on mission in a fairly remote part of the CONUS. With many medical specialists not being immediately available within the area, we would have to travel out of town for anything not covered by the on base docs. A memo was just put out to us saying that if we have medical appointments, they would charge us leave for the time we&#39;re gone. I&#39;ve heard from an E-5 in the past that medical appointments can&#39;t be charged to leave; so i&#39;m trying to figure out if it&#39;s true or not. I went looking through the reg, but I couldn&#39;t make heads or tails of most of it.

2018-12-10T21:09:36-05:00 2018-12-10T21:09:36-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 4198581

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That is just dirty.... Unless your medical appointment is something optional like PRK, your medical appointments and referrals are your place of duty. If you have to travel, you can be placed on medical tdy for the trip. Happens all the time with OCONUS units for people who need specialty care. You should never be charged leave for your medical appointments.<br />I would suggest asking for an IG review from the higher command than the memo. At least a division level that&#39;s run by a general.

2018-12-10T22:56:49-05:00 2018-12-10T22:56:49-05:00 Maj John Bell 4198608

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Something is not right.

2018-12-10T23:19:38-05:00 2018-12-10T23:19:38-05:00 SSG Laurie Mullen 4198651

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>SFC Boyd is right. When I was stationed at Ft Hood I had to go to Ft Sam in San Antonio for dermatology appointments. During one week I had to go down there three times. If I had taken the shuttle bus I would have been gone for the ENTIRE day. I wasn&#39;t charged any leave for those appointments.

2018-12-11T00:00:35-05:00 2018-12-11T00:00:35-05:00 Maj John Bell 4199196

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Is the Command authority that put out the memo co-located in your &quot;fairly remote part of the CONUS?&quot; If so, is that the highest level of command in your chain of command at the remote post? Was the memo put out over the signature of an officer? If so, company grade, field grade, or flag?

2018-12-11T07:57:54-05:00 2018-12-11T07:57:54-05:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 4199605

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Share the memo, or the exact wording.

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