Unfit Probability?

Tldr: I know everyone’s case is different but wanted to see if anyone had a similar experience to what I’m going through and the probability of being found fit/unfit.

Background: AD infantry captain- currently on orders for grad school. Referred to meb last week due to multiple failed knee surgeries.

Oct 2019: fell in a ditch during training at fort Campbell: tore my pcl, lcl (plc), meniscus.

June 2020: pcl, lcl reconstruction surgery.

April 2022: after first year on school orders went to surgeons at the university due to even worse pain than before surgery.. numbness in my foot (couldn’t lift my foot up to drive)

— diagnosed with failed pcl/lcl surgery, peroneal nerve neuritis, foot drop, meniscus root tears, severe scarring, and twitching of the quad muscles

-June 2022: revision pcl/lcl reconsturction, high tibial Osteotomy, meniscus root repairs, peroneal nerve neurolysis, removal of large scar adhesions - resulted in week long hospital stay due to pain and invasive nature if surgery

- Feb 2023: high tibial osteotomy on other (originally uninjured leg) due to my legs being different shaped/lengthen from prior surgery.. this caused back pain ..

—- during this time I was crunching on my bad knee and couldn’t even make it up a set of stairs without pain.

— feb/march 2023: went to Walter reed for mtf evaluation and was referred to Medical Evaluation Board for my right (injured knee)

- being that I am a captain and on schooling status I have heard that there is a high probability that I will be found fit.. is this true? Just wanted to see if anyone had any similar experiences as mine!

Thanks!

 

[Provis]

Tldr: I know everyone’s case is different but wanted to see if anyone had a similar experience to what I’m going through and the probability of being found fit/unfit.

Background: AD infantry captain- currently on orders for grad school. Referred to meb last week due to multiple failed knee surgeries.

Oct 2019: fell in a ditch during training at fort Campbell: tore my pcl, lcl (plc), meniscus.

June 2020: pcl, lcl reconstruction surgery.

April 2022: after first year on school orders went to surgeons at the university due to even worse pain than before surgery.. numbness in my foot (couldn’t lift my foot up to drive)

— diagnosed with failed pcl/lcl surgery, peroneal nerve neuritis, foot drop, meniscus root tears, severe scarring, and twitching of the quad muscles

-June 2022: revision pcl/lcl reconsturction, high tibial Osteotomy, meniscus root repairs, peroneal nerve neurolysis, removal of large scar adhesions - resulted in week long hospital stay due to pain and invasive nature if surgery

- Feb 2023: high tibial osteotomy on other (originally uninjured leg) due to my legs being different shaped/lengthen from prior surgery.. this caused back pain ..

—- during this time I was crunching on my bad knee and couldn’t even make it up a set of stairs without pain.

— feb/march 2023: went to Walter reed for mtf evaluation and was referred to Medical Evaluation Board for my right (injured knee)

- being that I am a captain and on schooling status I have heard that there is a high probability that I will be found fit.. is this true? Just wanted to see if anyone had any similar experiences as mine!

Thanks!

Not sure why school status would factor in it. What branch? I am assuming Army. Factors for being found fit or unfit are limitations and your MOS. Typically infantry jobs have a much higher unfit finding since even minor things can cause you to not be affective in combat.

 

[davitone]

Not sure why school status would factor in it. What branch? I am assuming Army. Factors for being found fit or unfit are limitations and your MOS. Typically infantry jobs have a much higher unfit finding since even minor things can cause you to not be affective in combat.

Yes, army.. sorry for not clarifying. Didn’t think school status would affect it but wasn’t so sure. I was referred for recurrent instability, nerve damage/foot drop.. put on a 113111 pulhes, permanent profile for 5/6 acft events and told by the orthopedics at Walter Reed that I should never ruck/even train for a bi annual acft ever again.

Only concern was that being im a captain that I’ll be found “fit”

 

[Provis]

Yes, army.. sorry for not clarifying. Didn’t think school status would affect it but wasn’t so sure. I was referred for recurrent instability, nerve damage/foot drop.. put on a 113111 pulhes, permanent profile for 5/6 acft events and told by the orthopedics at Walter Reed that I should never ruck/even train for a bi annual acft ever again.

Only concern was that being im a captain that I’ll be found “fit”

Your MOS is what matters not if you are enlisted or officer. You are over thinking it. Your MOS is Infantry. If a condition prevents you from doing your infantry job they will find that condition unfit. The exception is medical. They are so short on Docs that pretty much anything will be found fit.

 

[davitone]

Your MOS is what matters not if you are enlisted or officer. You are over thinking it. Your MOS is Infantry. If a condition prevents you from doing your infantry job they will find that condition unfit. The exception is medical. They are so short on Docs that pretty much anything will be found fit.

Thanks for all of your help! I’ve just read that the higher the rank the higher the chance of being found fit