Posted on May 20, 2020
Has any one been diagnosed with asthma and been discharged ?
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I was diagnosed with asthma and on bunch of medications.It has been very tough for me to finish 2 mile run.My run time has gone from bad to worse to say the least.
Will I be given to enough time to recover and get fit to be back or will they discharge me.
If I want to get discharged honorably, can I make a request?
I have come to a point where I feel I be better off leaving army because I wont be able to serve with the same dedication as I had when I joined and me being unfit is not going to help my unit in any form whatsoever.
Will I be given to enough time to recover and get fit to be back or will they discharge me.
If I want to get discharged honorably, can I make a request?
I have come to a point where I feel I be better off leaving army because I wont be able to serve with the same dedication as I had when I joined and me being unfit is not going to help my unit in any form whatsoever.
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I was diagnosed with Asthma after 20 years of service (15 active) after I had pneumonia. I did plenty of research on it at the time but I don't recall much of it now. With treatment I have no restrictions.
Find the appropriate regulation on medical chapters and find out the criteria to be retained in service or discharged and see how your charts match those marks.
Good Luck
Find the appropriate regulation on medical chapters and find out the criteria to be retained in service or discharged and see how your charts match those marks.
Good Luck
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Your provider will decide if you should be discharged or not. I developed asthma at 19, one month before going to Ranger School. I can't run as fast as I used to, but with training you can push fast enough to pass. Everyone gets weaker when they get older. This crap about not serving with as much distinction is a cop out. You just have to work harder for once in your life. The Army is supposed to teach you not to quit, not that you should quit as soon as it's no longer easy for you.
You won't get any help from your unit because this is a personal responsibility. Whether you are in the Army or out, your employer will not be responsible for helping you. Simply put, if your medical conditions prevent you from performing a job, you will be released from that job. That's in the Army and the civilian sector.
As for the medical separation, if you become unable to perform your job due to the asthma, you will be separated. Most providers won't even write asthma as a diagnosis in order to allow you to continue to serve. There are thousands of people in the Army with asthma who are serving with distinction. If you think serving with distinction means running fast, you are very mistaken. Get into those TMs and regs and pass your knowledge onto the junior Soldiers - that is serving with distinction.
You won't get any help from your unit because this is a personal responsibility. Whether you are in the Army or out, your employer will not be responsible for helping you. Simply put, if your medical conditions prevent you from performing a job, you will be released from that job. That's in the Army and the civilian sector.
As for the medical separation, if you become unable to perform your job due to the asthma, you will be separated. Most providers won't even write asthma as a diagnosis in order to allow you to continue to serve. There are thousands of people in the Army with asthma who are serving with distinction. If you think serving with distinction means running fast, you are very mistaken. Get into those TMs and regs and pass your knowledge onto the junior Soldiers - that is serving with distinction.
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I had a soldier who eventually got medically chaptered out for it.
It is a long process that requires a multitude of steps to form a conclusive diagnosis to include breathing treatments and other tests. it takes a while and usually gets sent to a MEB
It is a long process that requires a multitude of steps to form a conclusive diagnosis to include breathing treatments and other tests. it takes a while and usually gets sent to a MEB
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SPC (Join to see) - Damn, and you just found out you have Asthma, that stinks! I serve with a guy that has Asthma know and he just has to keep his inhaler with him. I am pretty sure they asked him if he wanted to continue to serve out his contract or ETS and he decided to stay. I would think, if you talk to your primary and tell them the medication is not working or helping you they could recommend a separation. The discharge will be on their terms though, not yours. Where you diagnosed before you entered the Army and withheld the information, cause that will determine the discharge as well.
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SSG (Join to see) - Nope never had asthma before.I passed all the PTtest ,never failed single PT event.Now I am pretty sure I cant pass the test.
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SPC (Join to see) - That is horrible, I would imagine that if there was not a history of Asthma in your records, and you are separated it would by Under Honorable terms. Best of luck to you.
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You can get an honorable discharge from the military but under medical conditions. If your condition worsen, they will send you to a medical board to be evaluated. I know this because it happen to me.
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