Medical Standards: DODMERB/DODMETS

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Luke2534

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If I just recently joined ROTC, fall 2019, and previously back in 2016 I had a “suicide attempt”, in other words I got extremely upset with something in school and took my anger/frustration a little too far, and tied a belt around my neck until I passed out. I had told everyone that I was not trying to kill myself and eventually was released from a psychiatric unit a week later after I was finally able to convince them of this. I was never diagnosed with anything and have managed my anger ever since. I do not know what the doctors documented in my records, as I am still trying to get ahold of them...with that being said, will this disqualify me, or if they don’t mention anything about it, should I just not say anything?
 
Luke2534 said:
ANONYMOUS:
If I just recently joined ROTC, fall 2019, and previously back in 2016 I had a “suicide attempt”, in other words I got extremely upset with something in school and took my anger/frustration a little too far, and tied a belt around my neck until I passed out. I had told everyone that I was not trying to kill myself and eventually was released from a psychiatric unit a week later after I was finally able to convince them of this. I was never diagnosed with anything and have managed my anger ever since. I do not know what the doctors documented in my records, as I am still trying to get ahold of them...with that being said, will this disqualify me, or if they don’t mention anything about it, should I just not say anything?
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Not sure where you are in the process and what, if any, medical history forms you have filled out for them, but if you were hospitalized for a week I can just about guarantee there was some kind of diagnosis. It should go without saying that you need to be 100% honest and forthcoming with your medical history. It will come out eventually, and sometimes the consequences for intentionally falsifying something are greater than they would be if you were honest initially.

Glad you are doing better since 2016. Good luck.
 
Agree with @Korab. There is a medical history for this somewhere. Be up-front, honest and direct.

Focus on how things have improved since 2016.
 
Yes they have to diagnose something in order to charge insurance for services. There will most likely be a diagnosis.
 
justdoit19 said:
Yes they have to diagnose something in order to charge insurance for services. There will most likely be a diagnosis.
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Agree, without a diagnosis you can’t bill. If you can’t bill a hospital can’t get paid. There diagnosis list (ICD-10) is nearly endless so it wouldn’t necessarily be “depression” so you would need to request your records to see what the diagnosis was. I’ve also never been anywhere that doesn’t make you input a “discharge diagnosis” on the discharge paperwork that must be completed before discharging a patient, so it would be there as well.
 
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