Recent content by Torres

To sum it all up. I had gotten an S/P ORIF on my left leg 4 years ago. My recruiter took all of my medical records of the surgery and sent it to the Surgeon General. A couple of weeks go by and my recruiter calls me and says that it kicked back, and that they were requesting additional info. The...

Yes I have And they said that I have no restrictions and that I am able to enlist( the surgery was 3-4 years ago and I have no issues at all) I gave it to my recruiter and he sent it out to the surgeon General. I’m waiting on his response now. The screws aren’t exposed to where you actually see...

What are the chances of still being able to enlist into the Air Force if I have an S/P ORIF and the screws pop out of the skin? I’ve always wanted to be in the AF, but I feel that this is going to be an issue

But I do wear boots sometimes and I have no issues at all

Can you elaborate when you say that’s its sticking out of my skin? Because for me. You can’t tell that I have screws on my leg but when I run my fingers on the screws then that’s when you can feel them

Because my retained hardware would’ve interfered with the boots being worn. Do you personally feel that the Air Force would deny me for the same reason, or would they take my surgery lighter. I’m sorry for asking so many questions. Thank you for filling in the blanks. You honestly took off a...

The Navy Recruiting Command did send me a letter saying that I didn’t meet the physical standards outlined in The Manual of the Medical Department Chapter 15. I honestly feel like I was denied because my retained hardware wouldn

No my navy recruiter didn’t have me hand write anything, and in the end they told me to go to the Air Force Station(next door). Long story short; The Navy recruiters believed that I should’ve been able to enlist and personally told an Air Force recruiter( which is my current recruiter) my...

About a month ago I got a letter from the navy saying that I was not able to enlist due to having retained hardware on my left leg. I was confused because at MEPS I saw in my file “waiver recommended” I was bummed out, and my recruiter didn’t understand. In the end they recommended me to go to...