Can I still join the military with a bulging disc in lower back?
I really want to join the Air Force or the Army but I’m scared I wont be able to because of this… of these two branches would I have a better chance of getting a waiver or making it through MEPS?
The military is pretty sensitive about back injuries because besides the obvious disruption to their operational readiness, these types of injuries tend to be fairly expensive to treat. Couple that with the fact that if something more serious happens to it once on active duty, it turns into a duty-connected injury that they’re 100% responsible for, and you can see why they’d be gun shy. Oh—and don’t forget about what would happen if your back fails catastrophically midway through your service. That’s right, a full medical retirement where the military is paying you for the rest of your life. Based upon these facts, I find it very unlikely that the physicians at MEPS would entertain the idea of pushing you through the system.
Now, if they DID, I’d bet that the Army would be the one to do it, mainly because the Air Force tends to be much more restrictive with its physical requirements. However, the Army conducts activities that are much more likely to cause further problems (trust me, after twelve hours of jumping in and out of humvees with an IBA and a few dozen pounds of gear on your back, your back will hurt anyway), so even if they let you in, it wouldn’t be smart.
My personal view here is that military service would be a good move to get lots of free medical treatment (which you’d probably need in spades), but because they’d understand that, they’d probably refuse entry.
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