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I don’t agree with your doctor not medboarding you especially after so much Limdu. If this is a civilian doctor can you get a second opinion at a military treatment facility? Especially if you can’t do a PRT because of the pain. I mean does this doctor think he’s just going to put you on Limdu...

Y Yes diagnostic hip injections can differentiate whether the pain is due to the back or hip Steroid injections relieve pain = pain is coming from inside hip joint Steroid injections do not relieve pain = pain likely not coming from inside hip joint

I don’t remember. However, I am having my surgeries with the same group of surgeons as another member here mentioned.

Yes I was medically retired for bilateral hip labrum tears and bilateral hip impingement

Yes I was medically retired for bilateral hip labrum tears and bilateral hip impingement. Is it both hips that are hurting or just one side? isolated labrum tears are generally rare, they are usually a symptom of another issue such as hip impingement or hip dysplasia. I would highly consider...

This might sound crazy but I feel like I could have finished my 20 years and gotten my real retirement. Is it possible to rejoin the military if I was medically retired?

100%! I started taking iron supplements and already feel better after only a few days!

Then you’re fucked. No, seriously. The military wouldn’t let me have surgery because of one dumb idiot military surgeon. Despite 10+ civilian surgeons all saying I need surgery. That’s how dumb the military is.

Because they’re idiots. I had 10+ surgeons who said the same thing about my medical condition. Highly trained, highly competent, renowned civilian surgeons, some of whom went to freaking Harvard, for Christ sake, all saying the same thing. But no, according to the military, the one dumbass...

My city has too many crazy people I called 9-11 last night after I was hallucinating again but all they did was do an EKG at the ER and send me home

I don’t trust doctors anymore. They were really mean to me at the MTF ER I went to. Then I woke up today and was hallucinating and it was frightening. If they are going to blow me off the first time for being manic they’ll have no problem blowing me off for hallucinating. I shouldn’t have ever...

Unfortunately I learned the hard way some medical conditions are just going to be a no-go for the military no matter how much I wanted to stay in. My medical condition was unfortunately also in that category. Even before my med board started my PCM told me to start applying for GS jobs because...

Can you clarify what you mean? At the MTF I went to yesterday they have a psych ER, but they wouldn’t let me talk to a psych resident or intern. I’m just afraid if I go to a civilian ER, they will do the same thing, blow me off and tell me that hypomania isn’t an emergency, and I’ll be stuck...

Hi Chaplain charlie I took your advice and went to an ER at my local MTF, but they told me mania isn’t an emergency, they didn’t even let me talk to a psych resident, they only let me talk to a general resident who said mania isn’t an emergency because it isn’t harming myself or others and they...

I have a civilian provider. He is excellent. But unfortunately it is out of his control that all the medications I have tried, have not worked. This is a one-off episode for me that was possibly triggered by a combination of being in too many time zones for the past few weeks from traveling and...

During my time in the military I found MTF psychiatrists to be obsessed with my mental health diagnosis at the expense of me feeling better. They “diagnosed” me with 4 personality disorders despite me not meeting the criteria for any personality disorder. Now, a few months after being medically...

I was med boarded for bilateral hip injuries and medically retired a few months ago. My rating is 100% P&T, 30% DOD PDRL. I am having my first hip surgery in a few months, can I get my hip rating to be a temporary 100%, since I’ll be recovering from surgery? If so, if I am temporarily at 100%...

They tell you how to enroll in VA healthcare, what you are eligible for in terms of other healthcare benefits, give you a timeline of when you will start to collect your first VA check, etc. Was very helpful for me.

Look at 3. D.

I think elsewhere here @johnbgately has advised doctors being medboarded to not work as a civilian doctor at their former Military Treatment Facility; however, I’m not sure why and don’t want to misquote him.