Is Multiple Sclerosis and automatic Medical Retirement from the Military?
Would like Prior Military awnsers...If you haven't experienced it threw the military then you dont know. The military is not civillian world and MS is listed as "not fit for duty" but need to know if its just a med discharge or medical retirement...
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- I was already out two months before my diagnosis, so I can't give you a solid answer on which one it would be (discharge or retirement), since I never had the opportunity to meet the MRB. The board has several options, and much of it depends on how much of your disease is presenting right now and are you capable of receiving a waiver and completing limited duty. Even if it was a medical discharge, it would still be an honorable one. By the way, there is presumptive service connection for Gulf War veterans who develop MS within 7 years of leaving Active Duty, so you would receive an automatic 30% for the MS alone.
