I’ve had a recurring injury on my hip with repeated labral tearing and a permanent impingement for about 6 years (army related). I reinjured it but this time it’s worse than most. That being said I’ve been through a whirlwind of different appointments/profiles/etc. i was put on P2 profile but in general have been on a light PT at own pace. In reality all I can do is alternate aerobic events during PT. However, no one has ever put me on a profile for field related limitations. Every time I put on my body armor for training it’s pretty excruciating after a few hours and I have to take it off. I’m a staff officer anyway so it’s doable but I’m combat arms primarily so my job can switch immediately if it has to.
It’s gotten to the point where it greatly affects my life. It hurts when I sit, stand, etc and can have terrible flare ups. I denied the surgery because I do not want hip surgery at my age but at the same time I want to stop being exposed to training that worsens and injures it more. I’ve don’t physical therapy for it a dozen times over 6 years and finished off generally better but this time not. I can’t even jog beyond a mile. My commanders have generally worked with this knowing my limitations.
I had the MEB reviewer look over it and they said it’s because I can clearly still do my job since I can do “warrior task” in the field. Is this normal? I cannot even raise my leg without pain, won’t even dare attempt a deadlift or sprint drag. I’ve seen the requirement for MEB by regulation is lifting the leg to 90 degrees but they’ve never evaluated that (I cannot do that).
Not sure what to do and feeling lost in this. I don’t wanna spend another 2 years writhing in pain and making this worse only for it to end up in arthritis that’s “not service connected”. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
It’s gotten to the point where it greatly affects my life. It hurts when I sit, stand, etc and can have terrible flare ups. I denied the surgery because I do not want hip surgery at my age but at the same time I want to stop being exposed to training that worsens and injures it more. I’ve don’t physical therapy for it a dozen times over 6 years and finished off generally better but this time not. I can’t even jog beyond a mile. My commanders have generally worked with this knowing my limitations.
I had the MEB reviewer look over it and they said it’s because I can clearly still do my job since I can do “warrior task” in the field. Is this normal? I cannot even raise my leg without pain, won’t even dare attempt a deadlift or sprint drag. I’ve seen the requirement for MEB by regulation is lifting the leg to 90 degrees but they’ve never evaluated that (I cannot do that).
Not sure what to do and feeling lost in this. I don’t wanna spend another 2 years writhing in pain and making this worse only for it to end up in arthritis that’s “not service connected”. Any help or advice would be appreciated.