a medical discharge fast in the army??

Question

before i joined the army i had two surgries on my
right anlke and they let me join the infantry, and
that the months go on and on my ankle is really
getting worse to the point of were i have to sit and
elevate it, im also in physical therapy for my ankle
and im given pain medication naproxen 500mg which it
doesnt work and nether does oxycodon or percacets. the
P.A. wants to send me to go and get a MRI done on my
ankle which is on april 23
so that he can see the results, even though he had me
get xrays to see the results and had a physical
therapist evalute me and said get him out or to
another MOS im non deployable and im about to go on
permanet profile, my fiance wants me to come home
because im just wasting time.
i dont know what to do about all this i just want to
go to the medical board and get my discharge. what to
do??
thanks peter
p.s. im stationed in germany too so its hard for me
to go to a civilian doctor.

Answer 1

Your in the army, son. They will do things in their own time.

Answer 2

You have what's called a pre-existing condition.That's where you declared the injury prior to enlisting, passed the physical for enlistment into the infantry and now have aggrevated the injury due to your MOS CQT's. Very difficult to get a medical discharge for this.

A physical therapist in the Army can only suggest a course of action. The Medical Evaluation Board has to "sit" and evaluate your case. Chances are it will take up to 9 months. You will be offered a flat sum of cash with no hope for VA disability since it is a pre-existing condition. I would recommend the following.

Retrain into another MOS. 92Y is a demand MOS (Supply), offers the best chance for PCS into better areas with a higher rate of promotion. Do your time as a 92Y, ETS then work the VA for your disability. You will also have a better chance at civilian jobs as a 92Y than you will in the 11 series MOS.

Take advantage of your situation to improve yourself. If your command and the docs feel you are cheesing your way out they will hang onto you until you ETS, making your permanent place of duty as the CQ Runner or Orderly Room clerk. Embarrasing. Move over to Supply. Your Platoon Sergeant and 1st Sergeant can help you make the change IF you show the desire and initiative to do so. You may not have to PCS if they have open slots in your company. Do the right thing.

Answer 3

I agree with Jim. Preexisting conditon that you basically swore was not a big deal to get into the Army. They aren't going to let you just change your mind now. The Army has jobs you can do that don't require you to be so physical. Looks like that is in your future. Tell your "fiance" you are "wasting your time" you are SERVING YOUR COUNTRY. Your country does need you and you will be put in another job to fulfill the needs of the Army. If you didn't want to commit to the contract you signed you should have gone to band camp or something. Sorry, you're not getting the "just quit" answer you were wanting to justify your thoughts and feelings.

Answer 4

The Army will decide what to do with you. Having a bad ankle doesn't prevent you from being a soldier. Lots of people in the military do not carry a rifle on the battlefield.

You can still work and the Army will see that you do. You are not in college, sir, but in the military. You don't get to pick and choose.

Answer 5

You just have to wait until the army gets all the medical reports on your condition, and see what they do with you. If your knees were that bad to begin with, it was very unwise of you to even consider the military. You should have guessed that it wasn't goping to be any picnic.

Answer 6

same thing exactly for me, make sure you get copies of everyhting in your med file, they lost mine and i was without pt for 6 months and by then it was too late, go to the board and get evaluated, its up to the army actually what they want to do with you, i hope it all works out well, but get those copies

Answer 7

Nothing is fast in the Army.