Failed Military Entrance Exam/medical Waiver

[william n]

failed physical exam...[bi-lateral knees]went in on med. waiver... in med. records[1973] it states, "i wish to discharge, due to medical condition[knees]..Dr. responds in notes,"wishes to discharge early,due to condition of knees,refer to medical board for consideration..will that letter support my claim for bilateral knee disease,service connection????thanks, williamn

[Philip Rogers]

I think you're going to need an IMO stating that your service aggravated the condition and it was not the natural progression of the disease. Should be fairly easy to prove, dependng on the branch of service and duty MOS.

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[Ricky]

Phillip is correct. You are going to have to prove that something you were required to do in the military ie.... jump status, jumping from the back of a military vehicle, marching, running etc...... cause the currentl level of disability before you can succeed in a claim for disability. Therefore, only a doctor can answer your question.

[Stretch]

NEC (Naval Employment Code) not MOS.

[Frank0469]

Since you had a falilure and a wavier of this on your entrance exam that blows the presumption of soundness out of the water on that one. You will have to take a hard look at what the med records say about your knees while in service. Also it depends on what kind of knee injuries you had befor going in and how they were aggrivated.

You will need a statement from a doc stating that it is more likely that not that the service caused the worsening of the condition. I don't think a statement of atleast likely as not will hold as much water in this case because the presumption of soundnes is not there.

Frank

[carlie]

I second Ricky --- Philip is correct.

carlie