Posted on Aug 1, 2016
My back is messed up and I can't run. Being threatened with chapter. What kind of discharge can I expect?
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I'm on my 2nd term and at this point I feel like the army is not for me anymore because of my injuries.
Discharge
Medical
Injuries
Disability
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SPC Cook, I have shared a link to the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES). https://www.army.mil/e2/rv5_downloads/features/readyandresilient/ARMY_IDES.pdf
The key is always continued honorable service. Show up on time, ensure your chain of command knows your profile information, exercise within the limits of your profile and do not accrue other service disqualifying conditions or situations. The military has a system to take care of you and there is no reason why you cannot depart on the best terms possible if that is your desire.
The key is always continued honorable service. Show up on time, ensure your chain of command knows your profile information, exercise within the limits of your profile and do not accrue other service disqualifying conditions or situations. The military has a system to take care of you and there is no reason why you cannot depart on the best terms possible if that is your desire.
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A discharge would be medical. What kind of benefits you receive would depend on how you were injured and how long you have been in.
I can not emphasize this enough. DO THE RIGHT THING. Stay on your appointments, follow your leader's instructions, and within the limits of your profile, continue to perform your duties to the utmost of your abilities.
A discharge is not a threat. Sometimes our bodies tell us we can't do it anymore. To ignore that to be a tough guy can lead to permanent consequences.
Take care of yourself. I promise that the Army is not against you. If you are running against a specific problem, message me directly and I will point you in the right direction.
Good luck, SPC (Join to see)
I can not emphasize this enough. DO THE RIGHT THING. Stay on your appointments, follow your leader's instructions, and within the limits of your profile, continue to perform your duties to the utmost of your abilities.
A discharge is not a threat. Sometimes our bodies tell us we can't do it anymore. To ignore that to be a tough guy can lead to permanent consequences.
Take care of yourself. I promise that the Army is not against you. If you are running against a specific problem, message me directly and I will point you in the right direction.
Good luck, SPC (Join to see)
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PFC (Join to see) - I am trying to follow here. It seems that you are on a fairly long-term journey. Have you discussed a permanent profile with your provider? It might mean getting out of the Infantry, but it would get you out from under the imminent threat of an APFT chapter.
I think that there are two things at play here. One is that elements of your unit decided that you are a non-hacker - right or wrongly. That would explain the refusal of a pacer (although I have never in 25 years heard of such a thing). You did yourself no favors with bolo-ing the sit-ups and hanging up a 20+ minute two-mile.
The second thing is you have to look after your long-term health, as a bum back can have lasting consequences. I would encourage you to make sure that you have all of your records for a future VA claim, and do whatever you can to continue to heal. That means to knock off stuff like being "hooah-hooah" and breaking your profile.
I wish you luck, man.
I think that there are two things at play here. One is that elements of your unit decided that you are a non-hacker - right or wrongly. That would explain the refusal of a pacer (although I have never in 25 years heard of such a thing). You did yourself no favors with bolo-ing the sit-ups and hanging up a 20+ minute two-mile.
The second thing is you have to look after your long-term health, as a bum back can have lasting consequences. I would encourage you to make sure that you have all of your records for a future VA claim, and do whatever you can to continue to heal. That means to knock off stuff like being "hooah-hooah" and breaking your profile.
I wish you luck, man.
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MSgt Jeff Cambell
Are you active or reserve? 20+ minutes on a 2 mile is horrible to put it bluntly, especially at your supposed age. Just my .02.
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PFC (Join to see)
Negative Msgt it was something that i had to get off my chest because I purposily failed my two mile. When coming in at 13:45-14:30 @normal and then now 16+ minutes. I'm active Msgt.
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PFC (Join to see)
It was just fusterating and depressing to be in. I was told to take a permenant profile and I was also given the option to reclass but I let my pride get in the way and stubbornness. Now, unfortunately I am processing out the Army APFT. Work hard and train hard for 6 months get myself up to par and better than what i use to be and show my toxic leadership that I can and will do it again. Thats if and only if the Sheriff Department goes another way. In which I doubt but we'll see..
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I'm in the exact same boat man. Its just that my 1SG / CO have said that they refuse to just get rid of me because they know where I was before and think it can eventually be fixed.
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SPC (Join to see)
Exactly but it's like I'm not getting fixed but yet I can go to every field problem and carry a machine gun and a god damn javelin. But yet I'm being disciplined for falling out of a run because of an injury. It just makes me just wanna say f it. This isn't taking care of soldiers.
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Are you on a profile? If not, then get on a profile. If they med-board you out you can expect an Honorable Discharge. If you fail your PFT and get booted out for that, you can still expect an Honorable Discharge. In fact, unless you have some sort of punitive action against you (Article 15) then your discharge should be Honorable.
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SPC (Join to see)
I have a 45 day profile but the pa and physical therapy are really doing nothing to get me better. I'm just passed 3 years in service on my second duty station and I've never had any kind of disciplinary action.
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CPT (Join to see)
You cannot get a dishonorable or other than honorable if you are separated medically. You will get a medical discharge.
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MSgt Michael Smith
I think you are confusing the 'status' of your discharge with the 'resaon' for your discharge. There are many different categories of discharge, including involuntary, administrative, medical, etc. But with all of these types of discharge, the status will always be Honorable. In almost every case, you would need some sort of disciplinary action to receive a less than honorable discharge, and a courts-martial to receive a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge.
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Talk to your doctor about an meb. You cannot request but the brigade surgeon can and the commander can.
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"Expecting a discharge" and without a lot of other details, it doesn't sound like you've exhausted all avenues to get yourself healed and back in the fight. If the Army is or isn't for you, then the injury is irrelevant. The question is: what do YOU want to do?
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1. Is it permanent. 2. Are you in a treatment program. 3. Do you have a valid profile and are you living up to it. 4. Are you doing all the training that your profile allows you to do. 5. Have given thought to re-class into an MOS where your back is not an issue. If you are just whining- NO pity for you. Just last year an Officer who was a double amputee retired from active service. Spent 6 years in AFTER the injuries. So if you are willing to go about it the right way and gut thru, you could stay in.
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Have you had you MRB... this is the starting point to help you with any decisions making that you may make
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