http://firstaidlist.com/broken-bones/does-having-prior-broken-bones-disqualify-you-from-joining-a-branch-of-the-military Wed, 05 May 2010 03:42:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://firstaidlist.com/broken-bones/does-having-prior-broken-bones-disqualify-you-from-joining-a-branch-of-the-military/comment-page-1#comment-813 yankeegray_99 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:57:59 +0000 http://firstaidlist.com/broken-bones/does-having-prior-broken-bones-disqualify-you-from-joining-a-branch-of-the-military#comment-813 as long as it works ok, itll be fine, i fractured my radius and ulna ( the bones going to the wrist ) twice before i went in<br><b>References : </b><br> as long as it works ok, itll be fine, i fractured my radius and ulna ( the bones going to the wrist ) twice before i went in
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]]> http://firstaidlist.com/broken-bones/does-having-prior-broken-bones-disqualify-you-from-joining-a-branch-of-the-military/comment-page-1#comment-812 desertviking_00 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:40:59 +0000 http://firstaidlist.com/broken-bones/does-having-prior-broken-bones-disqualify-you-from-joining-a-branch-of-the-military#comment-812 It isn't disqualifying as long as the fracture has healed, you don't have any symptoms (e.g. pain), it doesn't have a limitation on your range of motion and the retained hardware is not prone to displacement or interferes with the wearing of military equipment. The source below is the medical standard.<br><b>References : </b><br>AR 40-501: Standards of Medical Fitness, para 2-11 (d) (2). It isn't disqualifying as long as the fracture has healed, you don't have any symptoms (e.g. pain), it doesn't have a limitation on your range of motion and the retained hardware is not prone to displacement or interferes with the wearing of military equipment. The source below is the medical standard.
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AR 40-501: Standards of Medical Fitness, para 2-11 (d) (2).

]]> http://firstaidlist.com/broken-bones/does-having-prior-broken-bones-disqualify-you-from-joining-a-branch-of-the-military/comment-page-1#comment-811 charles.young580 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:29:59 +0000 http://firstaidlist.com/broken-bones/does-having-prior-broken-bones-disqualify-you-from-joining-a-branch-of-the-military#comment-811 I broke my left leg when i was 17. The bone mended okay, but it was crooked and the army still took me. i spend twenty years with that crooked leg and it never gave me a problem. i hope the same for you.<br><b>References : </b><br> I broke my left leg when i was 17. The bone mended okay, but it was crooked and the army still took me. i spend twenty years with that crooked leg and it never gave me a problem. i hope the same for you.
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]]> http://firstaidlist.com/broken-bones/does-having-prior-broken-bones-disqualify-you-from-joining-a-branch-of-the-military/comment-page-1#comment-810 Tracey Seth Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:06:59 +0000 http://firstaidlist.com/broken-bones/does-having-prior-broken-bones-disqualify-you-from-joining-a-branch-of-the-military#comment-810 You might have to have a waiver for the plate and screws, but my husband had a compound fracture when he was a boy and the Air Force took him as a young man with no waiver.<br><b>References : </b><br> You might have to have a waiver for the plate and screws, but my husband had a compound fracture when he was a boy and the Air Force took him as a young man with no waiver.
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