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My brother is leaving for Iraq. He has to tackle in training on August 22. His sergeant does not know about his mental illness, he is bi-polar and has a panic disorder and any type of aggression and disruption. How can anyone except the military in this state of mind. To me it seems like suicide, by Iraq in this state of being. Can he take his medication? What if he is unable to make it? It is also dependent on painkillers because he has a bad back. Is there a mental evaluation before he made? If he were a danger to his own comrades?

Answer: All soldiers will receive a receipt complete physical examination, including a review of past medical and psychiatric history. Soldiers have also a term of five years (or sooner, depending on the soldier of the specific job) physical reevaluating his physical condition. Soldiers, the symptoms of illness - physical or spiritual - is according to the military treatment for diagnosis and treatment, if necessary. Soldiers preparing for deployment (eg brother) a predeployment testing in addition to the above investigations. If your brother has the problems you state it, they should be in his military medical records, which are verified before they use and when the conditions arose, whether on or prior to the introduction, it is not deployable.

The fact that he is for the use and the conditions you claim leads me to believe that these conditions are not reported. If so, he must report his treating physicians that the conditions for the military doctors. Some of the above disorders may nondeployable him, especially when controlled by medication.

Your brother should continue its military to ensure basic medical care, doctor and its conditions are noted, diagnosed and treated, and this doctor will ensure that the necessary measures are taken in relation to its operational status. I recommend that he do so as soon as possible.

I am a contracted cadet, I am no longer able to withdraw from the army. This year, I have a lot of anxiety and depressive problems (especially anxiety). I think I may be in some form of anxiety disorder, but I'm afraid to ask for help because I do not want to be disqualified (I need to pay for college ROTC). From what I've read it seems that if I see a doctor and are diagnosed with something that I lose my scholarship, I will. I wonder if I am a doctor and not the army when they find out. Can the army my medical records or insurance without my consent? What would you suggest is the best measure?

ANSWER: If you visit a doctor and not the army, eventually (probably in your commissioning physical), you are asked. If you lie, you are a crime under the UCMJ. The doctor is someone you can - ROTC - for billing for treatment, and if he finds, you will need follow-up because of the severity of the condition, he / she should contact their primary medical care.

Not all anxiety disorders is an exclusion from military service.

The bottom line is this - is the diagnosis and treatment even more important for you as untreated and still in need of treatment, and your integrity is worth only the cost for your school tuition? Regarding the first question, if you believe that you need treatment, you should use it, how untreated with a real condition could endanger your health and prevent your recovery. Secondly, I do not want an officer that I could not trust, and if you slip on this integrity, it will slide down elsewhere, so you further frustration and heartache if it does not. The army is not the place for a lie, which will have a medical problem.

Can the army to search your medical or insurance records without your consent? Your health is a military-related issue, and the army has the right to match.

But in the end the chance of the army, about your visit to a doctor, on your own is not large. , So that you make the call.

The best measure is to provide you with a doctor if you think you need it. The chances are you will receive a diagnosis does not exclude the service, but if it is, then it is a serious diagnosis, for which you need professional treatment.

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