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The official term for dismissal from military service for medical reasons is "medical discharge" or "medical separation." This occurs when a service member's medical condition prevents them from fulfilling their military duties. They are then separated from the military with appropriate benefits and resources for their medical needs.
Choose not to re-enlist (honorable discharge), bad conduct discharge, hardship discharge, medical discharge, die.
You would have to return and be allowed another MEPS medical screening, and with medical proof that the reasons for discharge are expunged and not likely to return. All of this would most likely include another medical board depending on the discharge.
An honorable discharge is when you are sent back home because of a medical problem or your time in the military was done
Yes. but the condition you are prescribed medical marijuana in the first place should be cause for a discharge anyway.
For as long as it takes medical services to discover and diagnose it, and your medical discharge to be processed. Roughly thirty days.
The military will have individuals fill out a medical health survey. If they lie about their past conditions, they can be subject to court martial and dis-honorable discharge. And a background check will often reveal medical related information in billing.
You won't know until your disability comp rate is assessed and awarded.
If the military was the cause of your medical disability, you may receive disability pay. If you're discharged for a previously existing condition, or for a condition which was the result of activities not military related (for instance, if you get into an auto accident while not on duty or conducting military related activities), you're not likely to.
I don't think you can. It takes about a month to heal and afterward it wouldn't prevent you from any position or job.
A medical discharge over 18 years refers to being discharged from the military before completing 20 years of service due to medical reasons. This typically means the individual did not meet the requirements for retirement benefits and may receive a disability pension instead. On the other hand, a 20-year retirement refers to serving the military for at least 20 years, qualifying for various retirement benefits such as a pension, healthcare coverage, and other post-military benefits.
No, he got a medical discharge