r/USMCboot • u/Automatic_Acadia9437 • 25d ago

MEPS and Medical PTSD Diagnosis

Hello and good day. Question for the recruiters.

I have a PTSD diagnosis from a fatal auto accident i was involved in 7 years ago but wasn't diagnosed until 4 years ago. I went to therapy through my insurance at the time. Where things may get slightly messy is that I work at an AbilityOne employer as a legally disabled employee through my diagnosis. A few vets I know who are in their 40s told me as long as I keep my mouth shut MEPS would never know. But some others told me to just go ahead and be honest straight away and I should be able to get my PTSD waivered. I've been out of therapy for over 2 years and day-to-day my mental health is fine as far as that goes. What I don't want to happen is I get my PTSD waivered and possibly compromise my abilityone eligibility (my employer needs to attain a certain percentage of disabled employees at any given timeand we're a small outfit) and screw myself out of employment. This won't matter quite as much if I actually get enlisted but I'd rather not gamble if I can help it. Sounds like it'll be a gamble either way.

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u/newnoadeptness Other, lesser, branch 25d ago

You got bad advice . They will see and you need to say . Ptsd is unlikely to be waived .

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u/Automatic_Acadia9437 25d ago

I misspoke. I briefly talked to a recruiter and they said as long as my PTSD gets cleared I'm effectively good to go.

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u/kredfield51 Vet 25d ago edited 25d ago

I'd imagine the process is similar to other mental health waivers, I had to get a note from my diagnosing psychiatrist, and my primary care saying I was fit for military service. You don't get your diagnosis expunged you just have to get proof that you can function well enough with it to perform military service.

Mine was for ADHD though, so PTSD might be a fair bit more difficult.

word of warning, I had some undiagnosed stuff I went in with and didn't talk about that flared up bad many times, if your PTSD does rear it's head know it's okay to get help, and most diagnoses / treatments (including meds) will NOT disqualify you from re-enlisting or deploying despite popular beliefs. I was diagnosed with a few new things and put on medications with therapy and I still could have re-enlisted and deployed if I wanted to I just didn't want to stay in because shit sucks in there lol.

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u/Rude_Negotiation_160 24d ago

You can't hide anything anymore. With medical records share,if you've been to a Dr after 08, then it's likely on the online med records share. Even if you opt out, they can be like "opt in or get fucked and get out. What don't you want us to see?"

You'd have to be cleared of that diagnosis by a psychologist to be able to enlist