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From the DoD Policy Memo Implementing the 2008 NDAA:
Revise Add E4.6.1.9 (DoDI 1332.38, “Physical Disability Evaluation,” November 14, 1996, with the following:
E4.6.1.9. Post Operative or other invasive procedures involving the heart, pericardium, or vascular system. Surgical Procedures Performed to Treat Conditions Involving Abnormalities of the Conduction System, the Heart Valves, the Major Vessels, or Cardiac Rhythms. However, a member who has an automatic implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) will be placed on the TDRL for 18 months.
Revise Add E4.6.1.9 (DoDI 1332.38, “Physical Disability Evaluation,” November 14, 1996, with the following:
E4.6.1.9. Post Operative or other invasive procedures involving the heart, pericardium, or vascular system. Surgical Procedures Performed to Treat Conditions Involving Abnormalities of the Conduction System, the Heart Valves, the Major Vessels, or Cardiac Rhythms. However, a member who has an automatic implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) will be placed on the TDRL for 18 months.