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My daughter enlisted in the army in July 04. Since then she has had surgery on both feet to correct damage done to the bones in her feet from her combat boots. She recently found out she now has a stress fracture in her femur, and went for a bone scan. She is supposed to deploy to Iraq within the next month or two. Would this condition make her eligible for an honorable discharge, and if so, what sort of benefits/pay would she be eligible for.
Thanks for your help.
Hi Karyn,
No way to say for sure. Whether or not she is deployment eligibile is up to the medical professionals. There isn't any "go/no go" list. The doctor(s) who are treating her condition will decide whether or not to put her on a profile which would preclude deployments.
Whether or not she would be discharged for a medical condition and -- what "disability percentage" she would receive for any such discharge is completely up to the Medical Evaluation Board (MEB).
I explain the process in detail in my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/theorderlyroom/a/medseparation.htm
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military information website at: http://usilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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