Posted on Sep 29, 2018
Went to ship out to ft benning, Drs pulled me aside and said I can't on the day I was supposed to leave?
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On the 25th of September ideas supposed to ship out to ft benning Georgia, I went through everything and passed meps, but when they did the final once over before having the last oath taken the doctors took my file and I later told me that another doctor forgot to write down that I had mild pectus exacavatum and tindea versicolor that they did not notice the 5 other times I went before, and they told me I will see a Dr for the pectus on Oct 3 but for a dermatologist appointment I still don't have a date. My biggest issue is I was living with my parents and they're were not proud that their son was joining the U.S. Army to go and kill babies and whatever they think the military does, so I have no home to go back to and I'm currently on the street at 19 yrs old and I don't know why all that happened on the same day. Is there a possibility that I will be permanently DQ'ed?
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Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS)
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Posted 6 y ago
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AR 40-501, Standards of Medical Fitness, dated 14 June 2017.
Section 2–23. Lungs, chest wall, pleura, and mediastinum
i. Current chest wall malformation (754), including, but not limited to pectus excavatum (754.81), or pectus carinatum (754.82), if these conditions interfere with vigorous physical exertion, does not meet the standard.
So the key phrase is "interfere with vigorous physical exertion." If your condition does not exclude you from doing all the physical stuff the Army wants you to do...and will make you do....then you will be a (rather...should be) a GO at this station.
Section 2–23. Lungs, chest wall, pleura, and mediastinum
i. Current chest wall malformation (754), including, but not limited to pectus excavatum (754.81), or pectus carinatum (754.82), if these conditions interfere with vigorous physical exertion, does not meet the standard.
So the key phrase is "interfere with vigorous physical exertion." If your condition does not exclude you from doing all the physical stuff the Army wants you to do...and will make you do....then you will be a (rather...should be) a GO at this station.
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I should've been more specific with my question, after reading my post it looks like I'm asking for a place to stay.
Would pectus excavatum stop me from being approved again if they didn't notice it the first few times as well as the tinea versicolor? It's so faint and I told the Drs that I used to live in a tropical area and that I worked out alot at a public gym being that it's one of the causes for it, all I need are waivers and there's no reason they'd deny my after getting as far as I did correct?
Would pectus excavatum stop me from being approved again if they didn't notice it the first few times as well as the tinea versicolor? It's so faint and I told the Drs that I used to live in a tropical area and that I worked out alot at a public gym being that it's one of the causes for it, all I need are waivers and there's no reason they'd deny my after getting as far as I did correct?
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SPC Margaret Higgins
Private, I was homeless for four summers. I finally got Travelers' Aid. Most Lovingly, Margaret
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A1C Shawn Gutierrez
Talk to you’re recruters. And ask other branch recruters as well they might have had others who have felt with this issue
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CPT (Join to see)
I have seen applicants PDQ'd for eczema (should've been an RBJ), so it is a possibility. Try and stay motivated, if you're medically cleared you can go.
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