Question about 2nd Consult at MEPS?

Question

So I had my physical on the 27th of March. Everything went super swell; I was first in line for just about every test and am healthy in just about every aspect. Well, until the end of my physical. The doctor thought I might have a slight case of scoliosis. Not too big a deal, right? I've been checked for all sorts of stuff through the years with my regular physicals (including scoliosis) and my family doctors have never found an issue, I've never had back pain either.

So the meps doc sets me up for a consult with ortho specialist (including an x-ray) and sends me home, cutting my day a little short. I'm told that my recruiter will call when the appointment has a date. No big deal, I get a call the next day for an appointment the following week (April 4th). Awesome, that was fast!

April 4th comes and I'm marching my way from the hotel to meps to pick up my papers and drive on over to the Ortho Doctor. When my time comes, the doctor calls me into his room and takes a look at my back. He tells me my spine looks like the trophy ruler at the Bic factory. The doctor can't seem to find what the meps doctors were talking about and since I have no pain declared it unnecessarily ridiculous to take an x-ray at this point.

So awesome! No back issues means no issues at meps, right? Not so much. After I got back to meps, the doctors (different doctors from the prior week, by the way) weren't sure what to say. They were having trouble deciphering the notes jotted down from either doctor. In the end, they decided to send me to another consult for the same issue, this time, with an x-ray. I head home and call me recruiter to tell him the news and we both start laughing at the story I have to tell. He tells me he'll call when the consult is scheduled.

April 15th today. I came here with the question of whether or not there's anything I can do to help this 2nd consult happen faster. I know some people wait months and I sure do hope I don't need to wait that long. So is there anything I can do to help push this next part along?
Is getting an x-ray on my own and having my recruiter send it in an option?

Thank you very much for reading this and I hope for any suggestions you might have.

Answer 1

No, there is nothing you can do. There is also nothing a civilian doctor can say that would change the mind of doctors at MEPS. Their word is the final word. If they say you have scoliosis and you are unfit for service, you will not serve. It's a bullsh*t situation, yea but welcome to the Military. I personally think the majority of doctors at MEPS are idiots.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You should be fine simply answer the questions truthfully. They wish to make sure that the jackass that tried to give himself a tattoo when he used to be younger shouldn't be in there anymore. To your psych visit your going to speak to a psychiatrist and he is going to ask you questions like did you're keen on your dad? Did your dad love you? You had been dumb ample to check out to tattoo your self did your dad love you the fallacious method? Stuff like that. You ordinarilly made yourself a target for this stuff via carrying Gage jewelry and getting tattoos. Should you seem at society there is now not very many terrific citizens with full sleeves and tremendous holes of their ears. Depart all that bullshit i am crying for concentration bullshit behind. I hope your going into the Marines rationale those DI's love taking the guys that had jewelry and working them unless their hearts pop.