MEPPS...MEPPS....REALLY?
I'm a prior service Marine, and I am trying to get into the Army under 18x. So my recruiter and I after a couple weeks were finally able to get my "conditional release" from Marine IARR to let me go physical at MEPPS, while at MEPPS the doctor DQ'd me for a shoulder issue I had in 2009. (shoulder strain that I did physical therapy for and cleared for, no tears, no dislocations, no surgeries, just instability) so they set up a consult with an orthopedic doctor which I went to. The orthopedic doctor honest to God said to me " I don't know why they sent you here, your shoulder is absolutely fine! So you are cleared by me." He faxed the necessary paperwork over to MEPPS...who still hasn't given my recruiting office my approval to go back and negotiate my contract and it's been almost over a week, my recruiter says it doesn't look good?
The other issue is a Master Sgt up at MEPPS told me if you have a med waiver you are not eligible for the 18x anymore, so this moves my options to coming in as 11B because I was Marine 0311, the problem is because I'm prior service they don't know if there are any avaliabilities for that?
This is by no means a complaint session, however I am utterly confused on how I can not be able to get back in to the military after claiming 0% disability and having no physical problems since 2009?
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