Will the Army let me continue to serve, or will I be medically retired, after having a medical device put in my body?

SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 13 Jan 2019 03:41:41 -0500

A medical procedure call dorsal root ganglion or DRG for short will be put in my body. I just wanted to know will the Army let me continue to serve with 7 years left until I retire or will I be medical retire? The doctor told me if I was Air Force I would be medical retire. But he couldn’t tell me about the Army side.

Response by Lt Col Charlie Brown made Jan 13 at 2019 7:12 AM

Lt Col Charlie Brown — Sun, 13 Jan 2019 07:12:03 -0500

I suspect it depends on your job/MOS and whether the Army feels you can continue to do it after the surgery.

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 13 at 2019 11:18 AM

SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 13 Jan 2019 11:18:42 -0500

I’m a 88M. A transporter

Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Jan 25 at 2019 10:36 PM

LTC Jason Mackay — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 22:36:43 -0500

SSG Ervin Williams AR 40-501 would tell you. Chapter 3 is the Retentiôn chapter.

Apparently we all have one. Look in the regulation for the disorder/issue with the DRG. https://academic.oup.com/painmedicine/article/15/10/1669/1939615

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