I lied at MEPS. Will they go back and look through my medical records?

MEPS is a very thorough process. When I processed through MEPS they wanted to know about literally every single headache or what not I have ever experienced. There is no way for me to remember every bump or bruises or headache I have had. They are going to give you a complete physical to make sure you are ready to go. I didn't give them any medical records when I went because I simply didn't have any. I can't remember where I went or who I saw for everything I had growing up. You are incriminating yourself for fraud by writing this post in a public forum which really isn't smart. You can have a heart murmur for simply being dehydrated. Having a heart Murmur isn't always a big deal and you shouldn't have been worried about it. The fact that they found it just means they are going to study you more to see that it isn't something serious and if it isn't serious they will give you a waiver and send you on your way no big deal. Give them the medical records you have, and let them do their physicals on you. It is their job to determine if you are fit for duty or not. The fact that you purposely hid this is what the issue is. Honesty is the best policy, and lying will eventually catch up to you. I have seen many people turn bad situations much worse by lying. try to use this experience to be better from now on, we all make mistakes just don't keep making the same ones.

Suck it up buttercup. Come clean and talk to the recruiter. Worse that could happen is that you will not get enlisted or that your recruitment will get delayed while MEPS looks at the additional documents.

They will now...I hope you signed up for RP under an alias.

Be honest and talk to your recruiter about the waiver process.

But, I did see a private with no vision in his left eye get a waiver and ship to basic. So there’s always a possibility

So are you wanting to be discharged? I’m pretty sure this is most likely the first mistake of your military career. Ha. You sir, have the right to not self incriminate.

The issue, beyond the lie, is one of world-wide deployment. As former Chief, Sea Services of DoDMERB, I reviewed thousands of medical records each year for all service branches looking for potential disqualifying conditions in accordance with the DoDI 6130.4. This is the same Instruction used by MEPS.

Any unaddressed medical condition potentially jeopardizes mission readiness. Waivers can be issued and give leadership the "heads-up" about each candidate. Leadership then can decide the risk to the unit and the individual. If a murmur is truly innocent, no problem. When seeking opportunities within the military which may require security clearances, the lie would be an issue. The frequency of waivers varies according to service needs. It seems when civilian economic times were good and recruiting was difficult, waivers abounded. When economic times were less good, waivers became fewer in number.

Moreover, I have seen doctors lie on behalf of their patients thinking that serving in uniform is "just another job." I had no desire of sending a flag-draped coffin back to a grieving family. It might be harsh to say that the civilian recruits, their doctors, and their counselors are clueless when it comes to the military...and in reality, they really are a bit ignorant of what we really do.

Best bet, be absolutely honest with them, you don't need to volunteer information, but anything they ask you, tell the truth.

I am Amazed at how many servicemen are chastising this young man for falsifying a document. Many of you at sometime in your careers have done the same. Now this young man didn't do it because he was to lazy to perform an inspection, not even because he missed a deadline and backdated it accordingly, he wants to Serve his nation! Now, I question his intellect because he chose a public forum to ask a very private question, but I digress. Everyone, I mean Everyone has told a lie, far less noble than this one.