Has anyone ever seen someone successfully receive a waiver to reenlist after getting an RE 4 Honorable Medical Discharge?

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 19:18:00 -0400

I feel that I was misdiagnosed, that I am and always was fit for duty, and it was just administratively easier for them to separate me. Has anyone ever seen it happen?

Response by PO1 Jamie Springman made Aug 9 at 2019 7:38 PM

PO1 Jamie Springman — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 19:38:44 -0400

Never seen it happen. Most RE4's are not waiverable and they won't let you back in. But there is still a small chance and it is going to take a lot of legwork by you to get it done. If I were you I would talk with a recruiter and ask them what you need to do.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2019 11:35 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 23:35:54 -0400

Not likely.
Even were you to find a doctor who agrees that you no longer have the medical condition, that opinion wouldn't change the Re Code 4. Re code 4 means you had a nonwaiverable disqualification.
Re codes aren't changed to permit reenlistment.
Waivers for medical disqualifications require your MEB proceedings, PEB proceedings, and evidence that the condition no longer exists or justification for a waiver.
See AR 601-210, DoDI 6130.03.

Response by SFC Ralph E Kelley made Aug 10 at 2019 7:35 AM

SFC Ralph E Kelley — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 07:35:18 -0400

My wife has diabetes. She food shops monthly. She brings home bags of candy. I try to find the receipt to return them. If I can't I give the candy away.
She always denies that she has Type II diabetes, "Because she knows better." She has no outward physical appearance that indicate her diabetes - not fat, not thin BUT she does have confusion, vertigo, headaches and overall body pain until she eats something.
The other day she came across an old Reader's Digest (at the Doctors office) and said "Maybe the doctors are correct (20 years later) after all. When I asked her how that could be? She said she 'trusts Reader Digest'. She's had 6 different Doctors over the course of those years.
People believe people they believe. Maybe they aren't lying but you are in an extended denial.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 11 at 2019 9:04 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 21:04:04 -0400

I'm sorry but something doesn't make sense. You went through the entire separation process and now, hey guys there was nothing wrong with me. Why wouldn't you bring this up during the process or try to get a second opinion if you thought there was nothing wrong?

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 15 at 2019 11:24 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 11:24:38 -0400

I have heard people on this board talk about getting waivers to reenlist in the National Guard with an RE 4 Code. I have also seen that there is a form (DD 149) to request a change to an RE Code. Does anybody have any input on these possibilities?

Response by SN Richard Spain made Oct 21 at 2020 12:19 AM

SN Richard Spain — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:19:25 -0400

Don't know about medical discharges, but when I was in Navy Boot Camp, remember one recruit who enlisted in the navy despite having a RE-4 reenlistment code from the marines