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**Eagle5US** · 01-04-2013, 18:27

1. WHAT ZONIE SAID> DEAR LORD

2. The appropriate Army Regulation for you to read is 40-501. You will see in there where you will be disqualified from initial entry into the service under multiple sections of Chapter 2.

3. HOWEVER - it doesn't mean you cannot apply for a waiver. Now - the fact that you require physical therapy NOW means you are not going to be qualified and your waiver will be denied. Your "diminished pain sensation" is actually NOT a good thing when it comes to your entrance physical. Should you desire to pursue entry into the Army, you will most likely need letters from (at a minimum): your neurologist with nerve conduction study testing results, and your physical / occupational therapists both stating that you have no deficiency which would impede your full duty performance. These letters and your waiver request would then go to the USAREC (US Army Recruiting Command) SGN to get blessed off in order to get you into the Army. I can tell you that the chances of the Special Warfare Center SGN giving you a waiver for 18X contract with your deficiencies is slim to none. BUT - should you actually get into the military and demonstrate success at a combat arms training program and assignment - these things would be in your favor for an application after your first assignment.

Good luck - better grammar.

01-04-2013, 18:27	#5
Eagle5US Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tampa Posts: 2,530	1. WHAT ZONIE SAID> DEAR LORD 2. The appropriate Army Regulation for you to read is 40-501. You will see in there where you will be disqualified from initial entry into the service under multiple sections of Chapter 2. 3. HOWEVER - it doesn't mean you cannot apply for a waiver. Now - the fact that you require physical therapy NOW means you are not going to be qualified and your waiver will be denied. Your "diminished pain sensation" is actually NOT a good thing when it comes to your entrance physical. Should you desire to pursue entry into the Army, you will most likely need letters from (at a minimum): your neurologist with nerve conduction study testing results, and your physical / occupational therapists both stating that you have no deficiency which would impede your full duty performance. These letters and your waiver request would then go to the USAREC (US Army Recruiting Command) SGN to get blessed off in order to get you into the Army. I can tell you that the chances of the Special Warfare Center SGN giving you a waiver for 18X contract with your deficiencies is slim to none. BUT - should you actually get into the military and demonstrate success at a combat arms training program and assignment - these things would be in your favor for an application after your first assignment. Good luck - better grammar. __________________ Primum non Nocere "I have hung out in dangerous places a lot over the years, from combat zones to biker bars, and it is the weak, the unaware, or those looking for it, that usually find trouble. Ain't no one getting out of this world alive. All you can do is try to have some choice in the way you go. Prepare yourself (and your affairs), and when your number is up, die on your feet fighting rather than on your knees. And make the SOBs pay dearly." The Reaper-3 Sep 04 Last edited by Eagle5US; 01-04-2013 at 18:43.
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