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

There is no universal health care record. Unless they know what doctor and hospital treated you they won’t find it. Also if they do request the records you have to consent because of Hippa. So just don’t consent if they ask for records from the hospital or doctors office you were seen at as a kid.

Don’t worry about it. Chances are not good that you will pass your physical. Heart murmurs are serious business. The cardio consult may go your way but, the branch will require a med waiver to enlist you. Med waivers for heart murmurs are rarely approved, especially when the murmur is still present. If, by some rare chance, your waiver is approved, you’re covered. I doubt that childhood med records would be requested at this point. Good luck!

You dummy. Now they will know.

The ain't gonna do anything to you. You are still in MEPS. After MEPS though, they would.

In many cases your records will be reviewed because you have been referred for further evaluation.

Depending on the type of murmur, you have probably grown out of it. Many youngsters have a Stills. Murmur...which generally goes away by puberty.

Best case is to be honest....

Please remember this is a public community, I suggest to never lied to anybody even if you or the recruiters known about it and tell you that by saying a certain thing will automatic disqualified and such, then you must be honest and tell the true, if meps find out you could get in trouble with them or your chain of command later down the road. I'm sorry if you have a condition that might prevent you from joining but always being honest then getting find out and you could get a bad discharge.

FYI, the responses to your post are an example of what you will be facing in the military and beyond your time in service. You will discover that emotional empathy on medical matters is hard to come by.

yes d.o.d federal(department of defense0 AND THE D.O.J (department of justice) f.b.i.is doing an investigation on you from the time you join the military to to go to boot camp.

They won’t go back in your records. But it wouldn’t matter if you told them or not they figured it out

First off, you best understand what a heart murmur is and ramifications. Depending upon the cause, it could be life threatening. Or it might be a sign of physical fitness.

Fess up ASAP. Lies are what hurt you and your opportunity. Getting access to classified info is dependent upon your perceived integrity. At some point, you might be subjected to a polygraph. Guess what they ask.

Back to heart murmur— if it was a serious condition, do you think the Federal government (VA) should be responsible to you as a vet for that preexisting condition! We all have a personal moral code, what is yours?