MEPS doctors?

Question

Hi I was wondering can a MEPS doctor disqualify you for false reasons. I was wondering this because my packet was sent down to MEPS and was unjustified to take a physical, because of interior derangment (unstable joint), so I didnt even see a doctor. To me thats defamation of character, becuase he didnt even look at me. So I went to my doctor and phyical therapist (by the way I torn my ACL and had corrective surgery on it 4 years ago). Well my therapist and doctor said that did not have a deranged joint and I was given a test using a machine to determine if the joint was lose its not. So my recruiter sent it over the MEPS doctor the naval bureau of medicine to look at it. And my recruiter said if they say the same thing we can fight it because I wasnt even given a physical. So I'm wondering will I probably get to take the physical now since I have documentation of proof that I dont have a unstable joint. Thank you sorry for it being so long.

Answer 1

History of surgical correction of ligaments in the knee are disqualifying if unstable or symptomatic. So, I'm wondering if the recruiter didn't notice you walking with facial expressions of pain or what. Of course, a loose body in the area of the knee is disqualifying as well.
Something in your narrative isn't ringing true. Even if you had a condition which could have proved to be disqualifying, I don't understand why you weren't given a physical exam. I spent 25 years in the Navy Medical Department and three years of my career was involved in the conduct of physical exams at the predecessor of the MEPS during the Vietnam Era. Sorry. But, it just doesn't sound right to me.

Answer 2

Hopefully the recruiter can guide you through the process. Normally there is more than one doctor at MEPS. You most likely just caught one at a bad time. I would think that your civilian doctors report will help.