Starting Epilepsy Medboard

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I was diagnosed with Epilepsy after my deployment to Iraq by the VA and I want to start my medboard process but no one is helping me or giving me an understanding of what I need to do to initiate it.
A little back story:
I’m with the Maryland NG and im on my 6th year of service. I received 100% VA disability and was later diagnosed with Epilepsy after having several focal and absence seizures. My epilepsy isn’t a part of my VA claim but I was told I literally can’t complete my job as an aircraft mechanic, be deployed, or even utilize a military firearm with this condition as mine aren’t controlled and are triggered by stress/PTSD. I don’t know what to do.
 
You need to talk to your unit's medic/medical section/readiness NCO to ensure you get on profile first, and go from there.
 
I go to sick call tomorrow to get my profile reinstated because my last one was temporary for 90 days
 
Yeah, and if you can I would go see a civilian doctor again to get better notes on your condition, and then start getting in contact with your battalion's medical officer. You'll have to provide enough medical documents that show it is a permanently disabling condition that will likely not improve in the near future. Best of luck.
 
Of course. My change started when it went from "my back hurts when I run" to seeing my orthopod who said "your back hurts because it's seriously messed up and will likely never improve". It's against the grain for us to go complaining to sick call continuously about an issue, but no one is going to advocate for you in their spare time. From a quick look, if your epilepsy has:
  • Seizures are recurrent or uncontrolled
  • Continuous anti‑seizure medication is required
  • The condition precludes worldwide deployability
Then it's failure to meet medical standards with no reasonable expectation of resolution. Go to a doctor and tell them exactly what your symptoms are, especially on your worst days, and take it to you medics/medical officer. If they are no help, keep pushing up the medical CoC, go to up to the state if you have to. And tell anyone who chirps at you or gets in your way to get bent.
 
So first: you need to talk to your med NCO and get a perm profile. They won’t refer you to a board until that happens. And here’s the kicker, as someone with seizures as well, it’s no longer service disqualifying in MOST cases. The way the reg is written, makes it very difficult now to be unfit for it. You’ll have a DLC which means you can’t deploy to anywhere without a level 1 medical facility, but it’s not an immediate medical disqualifying condition by itself.

Your command would have to say it’s affecting your ability to attend drill and perform MOS tasks. They would then need to justify that by witnessing seizure episodes.


I’ve been dealing with this now for 10 years. Comes up every PHA.

But anyway, Bottomline, you need a perm profile to even think about a medboard. From there, you can request it. Just know it’s one of the harder conditions to get boarded for
 
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