Hi all, I was wondering if anybody could please help me.
I have just received the following message re my application and am of course devastated:
Our Medical Review Team have conducted an in-depth review of your appeal dated 17/11/2020, and we’re sorry to inform you that unfortunately you will not be able to continue with your Army application.
We carefully examined all the available medical information about you and found that you don’t meet the Army’s current medical standards. The reason for this decision was:
1. Your clearly documented long history of back pain with lumbar Scheuermann’s kyphosis.
Under the Army’s medical entry rules (JSP 950 Part 1 Lft 6-7-7, 4K.40, 4K.42, 4K.50c) you are considered to be permanently, medically unfit to serve in the Army.
WHAT IS THE MEDICAL REVIEW TEAM.
The review team is made up of the following experts; Medically qualified Case Managers, Doctors from Capita, the Army and a Medical Consultant in Occupational Medicine. They all agree with the outcome of your appeal. As the team are all in agreement, you will not be able to submit any further appeals.
We understand that this will be disappointing for you, and we wish you all the very best for the future.
Yours Sincerely,
This is after me submitting letters from specialists from 10 years ago stating my back is now fine and I am symptom free.
My questions are, I understand the message states I am not able to submit any further appeals, if this still the case if I have new evidence to submit? I was thinking about paying to get a private back specialist to see if there is a possibility of proving misdiagnosis of scheurmanns, because my back has felt totally fine for 10 years. Is there something worth doing or am I just totally wasting my time?
Also after looking at the army mecial policy leaflet and list of diseases on the gov wesbite, I saw the following information:
42. Scheuermann’s disease. This must be a radiological diagnosis. Candidates who have
achieved 3 months activity comparable with military training (especially load-carrying ability)
without symptoms are to be referred to SSMES. Candidates who are currently symptomatic are
UNFIT.
I am confused as I haven't had symptoms for many years, so why does this mean I am permanently unfit? Is there a way of me taking a 3 month military style training course which would display load-carrying ability and then submitting an appeal to show I am symptom free to satisy the above point?
I am totally devastated and would appreciate any advice, even just to be told it's not worth appealing/wasting my time would put my mind at ease, but I don't want to give up if there is still hope!!
Thanks you all in advance
