My husband has a serious medical condition ( i rather not say) and his unit is still deploying him (just recently my husb learned he was having some medical problems so he took some test and came back positive, he was given meds but has not been good remembering to take his medicine that was about 2 weeks ago, anyways this week his unit is deploying and he has been having issues with this situation, and just today his dr called and said he was in perfect condition to go to iraq) to me this is alittle odd with his condition to heal in just 2 weeks and his dr had to talk with the chain of command who didnt care about my husbands sitation and wanted him to go anyways.MY question is,if something is wrong with my husband and the dr is lieing about it because thats what his chain of command wanted even though they know about his condition then what should my husband an I do? the dr talked with his commander and before he talked to the commander he told my husb he was nondeployable and after
2007-10-01 10:31:41 · 8 answers · asked by ღCCღ 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
~ after the dr talked to the commander he calls my husband and says hes good to go to iraq, now to me that sounds alittle odd...so im just wondering what we should do...we have little time seeing hes about to leave this coming thursday morning and i think this situation is very serious.
2007-10-01 10:33:15 · update #1
I thought maybe even after he gave him a nondeployable status and profile that would mean something? and then to change it? dont you think?
2007-10-01 10:37:15 · update #2
Well guess it dont matter much anyways they will send him on his 3rd deployment no matter what... i've learned the army dont care much for the families or its soldiers, i just thought there might be something we could do before he leaves this thursday...thanks alot though for your negative comments! ...oh by the way to the retired chief petty officer...lets see hes been working nonstop always at work hardly home and maybe just maybe he forgets to take his meds because his unit is messed up keeps him working soo late? did you ever think of that? guess not...
2007-10-01 10:46:03 · update #3
* I wasnt talking about the dr's chain of command...i was talking about my husbands chain of command...the dr is a civilian dr that works with the military *
2007-10-01 10:52:36 · update #4
If he has a condition that would preclude deployment, the MILITARY doctor will inform chain of command that this individual is inneligable for deployment. Note that I said MILITARY DOCTOR. What some civilian says has no weight. The Army has no room for personnel who are not mission-capable, and if your husband was not mission-capable, he would not be deployed. Consider this a throwing of that large yellow football-style flag with the word BULLS*** diagonally across it in large black leters.
2007-10-05 10:19:48 · answer #1 · answered by Stephen H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you didn't say what the condition is, it is not an answerable question. I am sorry, but he is in the military and supposed to protect our country. That means he should be grown up enough to take his meds. I would recommend that if it is truly something that can keep him from doing his job, try a civvie doctor and see if he is healthy. But if it is something meds can handle, they won't keep him here. And no offense to the person who said ask for a leave...that is just not how it works. When you join up and get the paycheck and the housing allowance and the free medical and cheap dental and all that, you do so at a price. It was what he signed up for and now has to pay. And before you say I don't understand, my hubby just retired after 20 years in the Navy. That is 2 wars. Maybe you do have a real case, but they really don't often mess with guys like that. But just in case, remember, HE can not sue the military, but YOU can.
2007-10-01 10:47:04 · answer #2 · answered by mrslititia 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
With you not stating what the medical condition is, your question cannot be answered.
If the doc says he is ok, he is ok to go. A doctor does not give two cents about if a commander NEEDS one of his patients to deploy. If the doctor does not feel he is ready to deploy, he will not deploy.
You have to remember, you and your husband cant give an accurate determination of if he is ok to go or not. because of course you dont want him to go, so you are going to percieve his condition as much worse than it is.
I just returned from iraq, its no fun on the family, but its all part of the job.
2007-10-01 12:15:50 · answer #3 · answered by nickusafgermany 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So he "forgot" to take his medications until two week ago. That's called exacerbation of a medical condition because of one's willful neglect. If his condition is such that he might not be deployable, then he might not be fit for retention. If a line of duty investigation confirms that the reason his condition got worse was because of his own neglect, then he will be discharged as being unfit for duty, but without any compensable disability payment. In other words, out of the service and no pension! I had a Marine Lieutenant who neglected to get care for an injurious wound. It festered. He wound up with gangrene and lost a limb. He got zilch for it!
The source below is the Federal law which covers this sort of case. The Secretary of his service would be left with not other way to go.
2007-10-01 11:32:00 · answer #4 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The doctor's chain of command is not covering up to get him deployed. It just doesn't work that way. If he's good to go, he's good to go.
2007-10-01 10:49:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
he was given meds but has not been good remembering to take his medicine that was about 2 weeks ago
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It sounds to me like he's malingering. If he worked for me I'd arrange for him to remember to take his medicine by getting him restricted to the base and having him report to the duty corpsman to get his medicine.
2007-10-01 10:38:58 · answer #6 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 9⤊ 1⤋
Go to another doctor and get a second opinion.
2007-10-01 10:35:20 · answer #7 · answered by Rawbert 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
i am sorry, but you are screwed. tell your husband to get out of the military as soon as possible!!!
I highly recommend that no one joins till bushie leaves office.
2007-10-01 10:35:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋