Monday, December 26, 2011

Will I Be Able To Pass Meps With A Vsd (heart Murmur)?

396545385 I've had it since birth and my cardiologists says it doesn't stop me from ANYTHING physical and its closing up and its very small. Would I have to get a waiver? Oh and I'm trying to go into the marines. Im going to do all I can as far as it takes to get through meps.
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  1. rebesDecember 26, 2011 at 6:01 PM

    Rebecca B - I have no idea what meps is (not American) so can't say if you stand a chance or not.

    Just one thing from your question: You do know a vsd is not a heart murmur, don't you?!? You prolly do, it's just that I'm never quite sure anymore when I see how much (or how little) some other people here know about their own heart conditions! (Mind you my hospital lets 10 year olds sit on its board and take part in job interviews so me and other GOSH kids like me have no excuse for not knowing all the details of our own conditions, treatment, prognosis etc etc!!)

    A vsd can cause a heart murmur but it isn't actually a heart murmur, it's a ventricular septal defect or a 'hole in the heart'. It's also the number one, most common congenital heart defect, so presumably the question of people with vsd's wanting to join the marines is something the marines themselves have come up against plenty of other times in the past already and no doubt should have some sort of a policy for.

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    Hmm, seems you may have a problem. I found this "Standards of Medical Fitness" document:

    2–18. Heart
    The causes for rejection for appointment, enlistment, and induction are:
    .....
    h. Congenital anomalies of heart and great vessels, except for corrected patent ductus arteriosus.

    Taken from http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/army/r40_501.pdf

    Seems the military doesn't care whether it's a corrected vsd or not, it appears the only congenital heart defect the US military are prepared to accept in its recruits is a corrected patent ductus arteriosus.

    Maybe you should go along to your closest recruitment office and talk to them about your chances of still getting into the marines with that vsd, healed up or otherwise.

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