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

I worked for the Navy Recruiting Command IG. A mother and father were planning to go see her son graduate from boot camp. While Mom and Dad were in the parking lot, their son died. He had made it all the way through training ok, but died of a cardiac event. During the investigation into the death we found out that he was never able to play sports because of his heart condition. Bottom line...you may die. Boot camp is very physical. You need to be very clear and HONEST with your recruiter and the doctors at MEPS. The young man who died also lied at MEPS and he paid for it with his life.

Now that this post is 4 months old. How did everything work out?

Something like that is to risky when you do pt you could die from it. Believe me you will do a lot of pt in just basic and ait alone

Had a girl that I went into boot camp with in 99. We both came from Missouri & we was both going to Ft. Sill , Ok for Basic Training. It wasn’t until we got to reception, she lied about her health & told them that she had a heart murmur. Got kicked out right on the spot. Save yourself the embarrassment & don’t go any further. Let’s say that you do make it & you go to your duty station. Then it’s time for you to re-enlisted, they will find out then & you will be barred from re-enlisted. I’ve seen that happened before too. Since ur in the beginning stages , just fest up & leave. Don’t embarrass urself any further.

You are an idoit and an asshole. What happens if you are untreated and have a heart attack on the battle field. You have not only risked your life but that of you friends and battles next to you. Report the conditions you have so they can treat as needed for your condition. No part of what you are doing is help to anyone but maybe your ego to wear a uniform. Selfless service integrity and honor three that are lost in the one action you did.

You are SCREWED. Lying at MEPS is called FRAUDULENT entitlement. And I am going to guess their is a reason you have been referred to a Cardiologist.

Everyone is born with a heart murmur. Some call it a "hole in the heart." Technically, it's called the Foramen Ovale and for most, it closes completely by age 6. I think that you were wrong to lie at MEPS, and going forward you should be 100% honest. I'm confident that your cardiologist will find no murmur remains. If it was a significant enough murmur, it would have impaired you to the extent that you would not be able to complete a PT test.

Lol the military can’t find any medical records you don’t give them. If it’s not in ahlta, we are going to find it. Pick a way forward and stick to it. However you do run the risk of dying of cardiac arrest in basic training since you are concealing a potentially fatal heart condition

I do find it funny you posting that to a public military forum with your full name and potential branch on it. But to answer your question probably not. But don’t hide something that can get you hurt or killed or risk someone else in the moment of truth. That’s just not right. But if, just if, after reading this thread some one with some juice on here decides to do the leg work, you would’ve just shot yourself in the foot. Self Blue Falcon achievement lol

Hopefully they will not. I was in a similar situation in 1962. I had failed a West Point physical because of a heart murmur but when I took my draft physical a few years later, it didn't show up, and I was accepted. Spent over 3 decades in the military and retired as a colonel. I never thought much about the question I had been asked so many years before. Heart murmurs were (and probably still are) so common among children, most do out grow them. I still have mine, but, as I said, I served a very long time, and at 79, while I have other issues, the heart murmur seems the least of them. As to lying, something that you were told at six is not as significant as if you were told at 18 or 20. CSM ZaGara sums it up pretty well.