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

Come clean at the follow up exam. Claim youthful exuberance and desire to serve. Trust me- you do not want this hanging over your conscience. Also- you should consider if something happen that results in your death in service. If it can be connected to your preexisting heart condition that you LIED ABOUT, the government may possibly deny some or all of your death benefits. I have a rule to live by- it's not the crime that gets you, its the cover-up. Those consequences are generally far worse. Good luck!

When I got out they skipped over many potential VA claims that were damned near impossible to recover for a claim 30 years later. I'm guessing the claim investigators against the claim never needs to do much, they just tell you "prove it".

Stick with honesty as there's only one story to remember. Med Consults can go either way. Hopefully you provided all past records.

Being a former MEPS commander, I can tell you not to worry. Once you're in, you're in. Unless you turned out to be a mass murderer, you won't be bounced for anything that happened at the MEPS. Any decision to release you from you contract will be based on today. Be at peace.

Being a former MEPS commander, I can tell you not to worry. Once you're in, you're in. Any decision to release you from your contract will be based on today's information. Be at peace.

Dude, really? Duty Honor Country. You could have gotten a wavier form the get go.

If it is a medical problem, your experience at boot camp will likely smoke it out. The problem is if you die at boot camp, there will be an investigation that will turn up your childhood medical records. But since you posted this on a public website, you will most likely be outed by other veterans, so that you avoid an unfortunate outcome at basic training. At this juncture, the best outcome is to step forward and "correct" a misstatement you made at MEPS. As there can be a great deal of psychological pressure placed on a potential recruit at MEPS, and tremendous pressure applied during the recruiting process, the sooner you admit (officially) the misstatement and correct your records the fewer hassles you will have. Recruits routinely lie during the recruitment and induction stages, and a quick and easy EKG and stress test (a medical test) will document if your heart murmur is an issue or not. But, the military will use some psychological pressure to determine if they regard you as ethical or honorable enough to remain in the military. You probably grew out of the heart murmur, as most do, but be an honorable man, step forward and correct the error.

MEPS may or may not find out about the untruthful information you gave them,before the Dept of Defense invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in your training they want to make sure your healthy enough to serve.I have a heart murmur myself and I was still able to serve in the Navy and Army with no problems at all,you should have been upfront with MEPS and take whatever the results were going to be and move on and congratulations for making the effort to serve our country!

If everyone told the truth we wouldn't have half the Army we have now. And only 30% of the population can serve. I wonder what percentage that would actually be of the welling to serve less than 1%. And if we end up in a real war with China or Russia yea the standards will drop dramatically. They will beg people to serve.

The fact that you omitted the truth, is a red flag right there. You should not be telling us this, you should be telling your command.