StriveForPerfection
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Good Afternoon Gents,
The last time I posted on here was over a year ago and I detailed my desire to serve in the Ranger Regiment. I am still completely committed to that goal. This past fall I was training in the pool and tore my labrum in my left shoulder, anterior to posterior. I have been rehabbing the past couple months and I will know by June whether I need surgery and/or STEM cell therapy, or won't need surgery at all. Here is my dilemma... Any sort of waiver that isn't "simple", such as Lasik or breaking a finger, disqualifies an Option 40 or airborne contract. Basically if I tell MEPS about it, even when my shoulder is 100%, they will most likely shoot my dreams right out of the sky. Because the surgery isn't invasive, there will be no scar or evidence of a surgery (besides all the evidence in my medical records obviously). MEPS would have no idea if I didn't tell them or they looked at my records. The way I see it I have two options.
1- Tell MEPS and roll the dice on a small chance of getting 11x option 40. Probably have to earn it after enlisting 11b.
2- Don't tell them and hope they don't find out my entire career.
Any advice would be appreciated. I'll update you guys as things progress.
The last time I posted on here was over a year ago and I detailed my desire to serve in the Ranger Regiment. I am still completely committed to that goal. This past fall I was training in the pool and tore my labrum in my left shoulder, anterior to posterior. I have been rehabbing the past couple months and I will know by June whether I need surgery and/or STEM cell therapy, or won't need surgery at all. Here is my dilemma... Any sort of waiver that isn't "simple", such as Lasik or breaking a finger, disqualifies an Option 40 or airborne contract. Basically if I tell MEPS about it, even when my shoulder is 100%, they will most likely shoot my dreams right out of the sky. Because the surgery isn't invasive, there will be no scar or evidence of a surgery (besides all the evidence in my medical records obviously). MEPS would have no idea if I didn't tell them or they looked at my records. The way I see it I have two options.
1- Tell MEPS and roll the dice on a small chance of getting 11x option 40. Probably have to earn it after enlisting 11b.
2- Don't tell them and hope they don't find out my entire career.
Any advice would be appreciated. I'll update you guys as things progress.