Confused123
PEB Forum Regular Member
Hello All,
I hope I am posting to the proper forum with my question. My son is currently in BMT and is supposed to start Indoc for PJ on July 19th. June 11th he called to say he was transferred to the 319th and is being discharged for asthma.
Apparently his TI sent him to the clinic because he looked a little pale after a 30 minute run. During a cursory exam he gave my son before he sent him back to his flight, the doctor said he heard a wheeze. Over the next couple weeks he was put on PT restriction then taken off PT restriction. A couple days after being taken off PT restriction he had the methacholine challenge test, which he failed because his lung function decreased by 32% at 1mg. During all the tests and doctor's appointments, he never an asthma attack, never had trouble breathing, and kept trying to tell them he was fine.
Here's the issue - he has never been diagnosed or treated for asthma, has never had any type of respiratory problems, he isn't having breathing issues now, and he doesn't have to use the rescue inhaler they gave him. He played three sports in school, ran, and worked out hard for almost a year to get himself ready to go into PJ training. He passed the PAST three times before he left and there was never any indication that he had asthma, activity induced asthma, or any kind of breathing problems whatsoever.
Because of the overmanning issue, he's been told he's being sent home because he has asthma confused. This situation has blindsided us all. We're simply stunned by the news and don't understand what is happening.
Can somebody please shed some light on this for us? They have all his medical records back to 2000 (when he was 8 years old) and other than one remark in 2003 that his little brother has asthma, there is no mention of asthma anywhere. So if he is sent home for this, will this be considered fraudulent enlistment? Is he going to get in trouble for this?
Thanks so much for answering all my questions.
I hope I am posting to the proper forum with my question. My son is currently in BMT and is supposed to start Indoc for PJ on July 19th. June 11th he called to say he was transferred to the 319th and is being discharged for asthma.
Apparently his TI sent him to the clinic because he looked a little pale after a 30 minute run. During a cursory exam he gave my son before he sent him back to his flight, the doctor said he heard a wheeze. Over the next couple weeks he was put on PT restriction then taken off PT restriction. A couple days after being taken off PT restriction he had the methacholine challenge test, which he failed because his lung function decreased by 32% at 1mg. During all the tests and doctor's appointments, he never an asthma attack, never had trouble breathing, and kept trying to tell them he was fine.
Here's the issue - he has never been diagnosed or treated for asthma, has never had any type of respiratory problems, he isn't having breathing issues now, and he doesn't have to use the rescue inhaler they gave him. He played three sports in school, ran, and worked out hard for almost a year to get himself ready to go into PJ training. He passed the PAST three times before he left and there was never any indication that he had asthma, activity induced asthma, or any kind of breathing problems whatsoever.
Because of the overmanning issue, he's been told he's being sent home because he has asthma confused. This situation has blindsided us all. We're simply stunned by the news and don't understand what is happening.
Can somebody please shed some light on this for us? They have all his medical records back to 2000 (when he was 8 years old) and other than one remark in 2003 that his little brother has asthma, there is no mention of asthma anywhere. So if he is sent home for this, will this be considered fraudulent enlistment? Is he going to get in trouble for this?
Thanks so much for answering all my questions.