Can I Join The military with a Heart condition.?
I need to know im 15 ever sence i was 6 i wanted to be a marine, the surgery i thought i was having would let me be able to join the military. But when i woke up from my surgery i was told i had a machanical aortic valve. Everyone i ask says i can't. I need to know even if there is 1/1000 percent i can go in its the only thing i feel right for. If i cant go in i just dont see the point anymore. My whole life i thought i culd go in but no one tells me i wasnt a canidate for the ross procidure. People say God has a plan for me, i dont believe in god, if i did i would hate him for how badly he screwed up my life. im tired of being sick all the time, the shots, the pain, people telling me what i cant do. Please if there is any chance at all even though im on coumidan, if there is any chance please tell me i need to know.
Does the military check mental health records when joining?
Current requirements for mental health only require that you be off of medication for one year and have a doctors statement that you are now normal. You should disclose because if you were to run into issues with mental health during your enlistment you could be charged with fraudulent enlistment - not good. If you have a waiver in hand or documentation that you disclosed it you'll have no issues. Recruiters who tell you to say no are lazy and don't want to take care of the paperwork required for you to get in.
Can I join the US military with a history of being in a mental hospital?
Your prior drug use might be as big an issue toward preventing you from joining the US military as your prior mental problems would be. Admitting that you overdosed on drugs would be a red flag to recruiters and to the screeners at the MEPS (where you are checked prior to military service) and that alone might be enough to deny you enlistment.I would suggest first talking with a psychiatrist before you talk with recruiter and getting an assessment from that person on whether or not you might be suitable for military service. This can save you time and possible embarrassment because recruiters aren’t going to consider your feelings when you discuss your personal issue with them. If the doctor suggests that you consider other options, you may wish to listen to him/her.If they don’t, then you should approach a recruiter and be honest about your past. This is because if you are honest LATER, it’s likely that it would be poorly received as you will have lied on your military paperwork and that is a federal offense. If they tell you that your past problems will prevent you from serving, I would suggest accepting that graciously and moving forward with your life.
Can I join the military if I’ve been in a mental hospital before? It was more than two years ago.
If you report that you spend over 2 years in psychiatric care you will be disqualified from the US Armed Forces.Most people who receive long-term psychiatric care suffer from medical conditions that will bar them from service. Of course they'll review your records if you provide them and perhaps ask to speak with your doctor to confirm your account, but the point being that if you were institutionalized for such a long period you are (most likely) ineligible for enlistment into the US Armed Forces.However you don’t have to take my word for it. You can always go to your nearest Armed Forces Recruiter’s Office (just pick any branch) and speak with them. You can tell them your stories and they’ll tell you what they can do for you. Eitherways good luck friend.
Can mentally ill people join the military?
"Mentally ill" covers a LOT of problems, some noticeable and some not so noticeable. Without looking at a medical manual or recruiters' guide, I cannot be certain of what will and won't exclude someone from entering the armed services. You can be certain that if a formal diagnosis is made known to the recruiting command, e.g. conditions that preclude a person's ability to follow orders and work as a team member, they will probably be flagged and rejected. You can look up conditions that fit those criteria. That said, I'd argue that most of us are "mentally ill" to some extent. It's just a matter of context, definition and scale. Lack of sleep and extreme fear will cause psychotic behavior in anyone.
Can I join Navy OCS and possibly become an aviator if I was Baker Acted as a minor?
nope. inpatent mental health treatment is a PDQ from all branches and components. you can;t even enlist.
Can you join the US Military if you have Tourettes Syntrome?
No, you can't join. It doesn't matter if you're trying to enlist or commission - it's the same medical standards. Chronic nervous system disorders, including but not limited to myasthenia gravis (358.0), multiple sclerosis (340), and tic disorders (307.20) (for example, Tourett’s (307.23)) do not meet the standard.
Can you join the US Navy if you have depression?
I can't say. I'm retired, and rules changed all the time when I was in. But I do know that waivers can be had for almost anything. If a recruiter tells you that there is a specific rule against it, ask about how to get a waiver. That quote about MEPS examiner ... courtesy review sounds like a forma process to determine if the depression is severe enough to prevent enlistment or not, in which case no waiver would be needed. Either it's not, so no need to waive the rule, or it is too severe, and then a waiver is not possible (in theory). But if that IS their finding, then keep looking for another recruiter who will help push for a waiver. My pediatrician misdiagnosed me with epilepsy as a child. What I had was syncope. My heart didn't grow as fast as the rest of my body, occasionally triggering seizures when blood supply to the brain was insufficient. Not sure why grand mal seizures, rather than fainting spells, but it was something that you grow out of. At 18, I tried for ROTC. At DODMERB (DOD Medical Examination Review Board), I had a physical, and everything went well until I had to provide the sealed letter from my doctor. At 18, I had no doctor of my own and had been foolish enough to go back to my pediatrician. As the reviewer read the letter, the blood drained from her face. I was denied, and I knew nothing about waivers then. I had had a seizure at 14, and my last one at 21, which caused me to see a GP. That's when I found out about my pediatrician's faulty diagnosis. (I've omitted a lot of details, they don't matter for this story). When I was 27, about to get married, and living in Colorado, where there were NO jobs with benefits to be had, I decided to enlist. This time, I had two letters from my GP. One of them described me as fit, the other explained the misdiagnosis. At MEPS I only needed the first - which is why he gave them to me separately. No need to muddy the waters if they accepted me without referring to the previous attempt. I turned 28 in boot camp, and retired in 2013. All that said, be VERY sure your depression won't endanger anyone else. When the ship is in the Arabian Gulf, the only mental health assistance onboard will be the Chaplain.