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If he never seez a doctor he might not have to report it because he hasn't been diagnosed with anything. Something similar happened to me but I never saw a doctor and yesterday I emailed DoDMERB trying to find out if I have to report it since I haven't been diagnosed, I'm still waiting for them...

Thanks for the help. Don't worry I'm not upset.

No it wasn't confidential they required me to put my name and the last 4 digits of my social security number in my email so I'll just have to do whatever they tell me to. I'm fully functional right now but I'm kind of worried that it might pop out while I'm at an academy/ROTC or while I'm...

I am not making excuses you are telling me I should report something that I'm not sure even happened. If I had trouble breathing one time, should I tell them that I had asthma? One time my leg started hurting a little bit, should I tell them I tore my ACL? Am I supposed to diagnose myself with...

I'm not determined to not report it but I would definitely prefer not to. I just emailed the people at DoDMERB and I'm gonna do what they say.

USMA, USNA, Army ROTC, and Navy ROTC. I'm fine now so if I went to a doctor I'm not sure what I would even ask him for. What injury should I disclose? I don't know what injury I had for sure that's just what I think and the trainer thinks happened. If they ask for medical history for it I'll...

I don't know that I actually dislocated my shoulder, I just think I did and so did an athletic trainer. I was never diagnosed. What would I even tell them my condition is? A doctor never told me what happened to me.

I'm not sure what I should do. I'm trying to find out how risky it is(if at all) to not tell them and if I am breaking the rules if I don't tell them.

I talked to the trainer and he said they do keep records but that what he says amd puts in the records doesn't matter to the military because they are not doctors and only diagnosises given by doctors mean anything to them.

Where can I find the medical instructions for the DoDMERB?

I only wear the brace when I play football, it's attached to my shoulder pads. I have done pull ups and other stuff without any brace on and felt fine. If it happens again why would they discharge me? They wouldn't know that I had hurt it before.

The main reason is that I'm scared they'll kick me out of the military in the future if they find out I didn't tell them about it.

Do you think they would kick me out if they found out that I didn't tell them about it?

How would they figure out that I failed to disclose if there is no documentation of it happening? Would they do a background check and ask my friends and teachers???

Ok I'll consider doing that, thanks!!! The main thing I am worried about is that almost all of my friends and teachers were at the game so everyone at my school knows that it happened and if they were to do a background check one day and ask my friends/teachers about my shoulder they would find...