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Expert: Howard Lorenz - 3/27/2010


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Hello Sir:
I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, ADHD, and Generalized Anxiety a few years back. I am waiting for my med package to come back. I have waited over six months and my only contact on the matter is not very helpful. I am suffering some severe anxiety waiting for the result of the package. I am wondering what your opinion is on what way the package will go? retention or discharge?
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Well I am not a PHD. THe MED boards decision to retain or release you is primarily sided by the doctor that submitted it and your wishes... staying on active duty or taking the discharge. They also have to determine how much of that is service connected. Your best recourse is to relax and take it day by day. The Medical Board at Lackland AFB has hundreds of case file to review daily, they will get to yours eventually. These things do not happen overnight like we would like them to. Youi arent doing yourself any good having anxeity over something you have no control over. Just rest assured that your case is in que and will be completed in the near future.  

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I have spent the past 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, 3 years was assigned as an Enlisted Accessions Recruiter. I have been deployed various times to several locations. If it is a career in the military you are looking for or thinking about I most likely have the answer. I still have contacts with in the recruiting field and if I don't know the answer then I have folks who do where I can find the answer. I am very blunt and straight forward and will make no attempts to BS you. I will give you the best information that I possible can can. If you think that you cant handle the answer that I give you, then don't ask the question...... If you are planning on joining the military, your number 1 decision factor in making this kind of move is that you need to be more concerned about serving your country than your country serving you!! All the benefits are the best that you can find. Education is at a premium right now and its the most rewarding thing that you can do. If I dont answer right away probably means that I am busy, but have patience, I will get to you.

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Community College of the Air Force, International Air Academy, Allied Business Schools, Embry Riddle Aeronautical College, Defense Acquisition University

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