Help Me Please!!

I am a 21 year old female, with 2 years in the Army as a Specialist.
I have Small Bakers Cyst in my knee.
I have an oblique tear of my posterior horn of the medical meniscus extending to my inferior surface.
Also, Small Radial Tear With my Anterior Horn.
I have Chronic Knee Pain, Popping, Crepitus with hx patellofemoral syndrome, it radiates to my foot as i walk, and my knee swells.

I received Arthroscopic Surgery on 10SEPTEMBER2015.
I am currently on permanent profile, and i cannot run for the next five years.

I also have mental disorder, 08NOVEMBER2015.
Adjustment Disorder, & Anxiety.
In-patient at behavioral health.

My right knee is now compensating for the left knee for limping so much.
And for carrying all the weight.
I am having problems at work with my MSG.
He is very serious on recomending me for an Article 15.

Should i put myself up for a medboard? To get out of the Army on Medical Terms before he ruins my Career?
 
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AR 40-501 talks about medical retention standards. It may be useful to know what they are looking for to initiate a MEB.

An Article 15 isn't the same thing as a discharge. Its not that uncommon for a Soldier to take their lumps in an ART 15 and continue on. Its not that uncommon for a Soldier to be successful with a no running profile. Its not unheard of for knee injuries to be recovered from.

A MSG is of course not the final say on non-judicial punishment. It is quite possible to present the case to command as a simple work conflict, or being held to unreasonable standards due to your injury, or something else. It is quite possible to find a way to address the MSG's problems without it coming to ART 15. I think its unwise to assume a MEB will be an escape from an ART 15 situation. Should the Article 15 be used to process a discharge, they may pursue a misconduct discharge, which will stop MEB processing.

With the information provided its very difficult to provide an opinion. The only thing that stands out as a huge red flag to me is being an inpatient. Not sure if you are using the term correctly. Inpatient means overnight stay at a hospital, outpatient means you have regular sessions, usually every other week or once a month or something. If you were indeed an inpatient, that strongly suggests seeking a MEB, but even that isn't a definite.

Your dates are confusing btw, I am fairly confident surgery didn't happen 10 SEP 2015, as that's 6 months in the future. No real bearing on anything though.
 
I meant September 2014 . I was an inpatient on the 13th floor, for suicide attempt. but the information you told me about the Art 15 is usefull because now I just need to get my case together. And present it appropriately. I need to write everything down on paper up to that point. it is indeed a work conflict. My dates are suppose to say 2014 . Not 2015. I don't want to stand up against a MSG . I know he has power and a lot of it. After I've already had conflict with him, I have some issues I've strongly believed in and I've addressed which makes me seem disrespectful and out of my place. The MSG is very sexist towards females. He is from a Forcecom, and currently came to Inscom. He treats the males in our platoon, like they are angels. And gives the females so much stress and disrespect. We all have it out with him atleast twice a day. Everybody is on pis and needles with him right now. He is focusing on me right now because of our recent encounter. I wanna do the right thing, and be able to stay in the Army. what are proper procedures to exposing a toxic environment in the work place? If everyone in the BDE notices something different about your section, after he arrived , doesn't there seem to be a problem from before and after?
 
I come home everyday, upset, stressed and my anxiety levels are high. I'm on edge with him at work. I don't feel like my work enviroment is healthy.
 
I know what you mean. Except, I am the MSgt and was harassed by a female SMSgt as well as the Lt Col commander.
 
My experience with IMSCOM is there is often a real lack of leaders. Soldiers in leadership positions that have no idea how to inspire. It could be that there were problems in your platoon before and now that he's trying to fix them its making people unhappy. It could also be that he is a problem, but since he has more leadership experience than his peers, they don't know how to call him to task for doing things wrong.

Its not really a great situation to end up having to fight someone with rank on you. You are supposed ot give ground every time. If you indeed have a valid position, its often very wise to enlist allies who can actually stand their ground easily. A 1SG in a different company, a company commander, maybe the LTC or CSM.

If you say something to the effect of, my boss is mean to me, nobody will care. The boss is supposed to be mean.
If you explain a scenario and ask them how you could have handled it it better, most likely they will see you don't have a good means of handling the situation yourself and they'll intervene.

If your unit is just toxic, IG or something can help.
 
Thanks for your guidance it makes me feel better. So I can take these scenarios to my higher and explain that I can't handle them. Because he's not just mean, he's despite full doing things on purpose . To degrade me. Make me feel less of a person.
 
Use the open door policy to see your CDR first. This will put his/her eyes on the situation before the MSG tries to screw you over. There is no reason why a SR leader needs to degrade a JR Soldier. I wish I was there to have a talk with that MSG. Stay focus, be respectful and don't show weakness. Your BH counselor can also file a complaint on your behalf to your chain of command if he is really causing unnecessary stress.
 
Document the ways the MSG discriminates between males and females. Then go to your CC. If the environment does not improve then go to EO and IG. Document, document, document.
 
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