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Active duty military expectations
Tue, 05/14/2013 - 02:35Topic: Veterans with seizures
Hello everyone,
I am currently an active duty sailor that was lucky enough to land one of the coveted STA-21 spots and will be commissioning in under a week. I have recently been experiencing "aura" symptoms of deja vu and have had two witnessed tonic clonic seizures and one suspected. I have had an ekg, echocardiogram, mri, holter monitor, and a 30 minute eeg and everything has returned normal. My co is aware of everything and is going to allow me to commission as I am still undiagnosed. My question is if my doctor diagnoses me with epilepsy, what will happen next? Do i go to a MTF, do I have a shot of staying nuke, or at least cross rate to restricted line? Essentially I just want to know what to expect. Thank you all in advance.
Re: Active duty military expectations
Submitted by Ksulezell on Fri, 2013-06-28 - 13:30
Ok so here is an update. My chain of command has been working with just about every entity known to man. It had been decided that I will be sent tad (temporary orders) to great lakes medical facility and essentially have all my tests redone and get a new diagnosis. I will update as I go so future people know what happens in this situation.