I got a friend who is looking to the military and a few years they got a surgery done to correct an issue with their chest where bars were inserted to correct a dip that had form. Since then the bars have been removed and they are able to complete phyiscal activity with little to no breathing issue. They are trying to join the National Guard and were told they would need a mediacal waiver. I was never a recruiter or involved with a medical waiver during my time in so I figured I would see if anyone can tell me what the process is. THe Cheif Medical Officer at MEPS is the one that told them they will need a medical waiver. Is getting a medical waiver just haivng a docture interview the possible recruit or is there a battery of tests that must be complete or is it different based on the situation?
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Purely as a thought on my part, you might wanna suggest looking through some of these...I'd expect there'd be someone on the senior clinical staff of NGB that'd know, certainly...that's just one idea, obv, of course....
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You could also vary the search for other svcs, as well, however, you ought to be able to find something in those...you might also want to suggest calling here, this is the main professional med society for the military and VA, I can almost guarantee there's gonna be someone here whom you can ask about it, esp dealing with cardiothoracic surgery and clinical waivers for related conditions, I'd expect...just another idea that occurred to me....
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These are explicitly for Army, there are 104 on here, also all free....
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Already told them world: grab a physical evaluation checklist and take it to the old treating doctor. Beware of trying to repeat or explain a diagnosis or prognosis... have the Doctor write it. Watch wording like LITTLE to no breathing issues. (LITTLE)...Really.. red flag....Also make sure ahead of time he can pass the PFT and has a good cardio work up just to be safe. The Captain is correct..simple or complex.. depending on diagnosis.
This list is far narrower, deals expressly with mil aspects of it, and, once again, are all free...there are only 284 on this list, so it should be reasonably searchable, with a little effort....
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These are all free, no fee for any of them....
National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda MD, 20894 USA
He'll wanna look through these, not all of these have to be paid for, however, that's the most complete listing of articles on it routinely found....
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