Conscience Has Gotten To Me

[IrrelevancyAtBest]

I completed my DODMERB several months ago and am preparing to begin school, as I was selected to receive a 3 year scholarship I had to complete a DODMERB to fully qualify. I was told by my ROO that I need to complete another medical examination with our university to be eligible to do PT and continue in the program, and I think I should use the opportunity to come clean.

When I first completed my DODMERB I withheld some medical information (Myoclonic seizure after 6th birthday, diagnosed with major depressive order, diagnosed with anxiety disorder, history of ocular disturbances, and poor depth perception), that by some miracle was never discovered. I didn't want to do this, but was pressured by my parents and JROTC instructors to do so. I'm confused as to why they are willing to have me lie and risk my health and the safety of myself and others just to put me in a uniform, but I digress.

I shouldn't have allowed myself to be pressured into this, and I want to do the right thing. Who should I notify of this, and how should I go about making this right?

 

[justdoit19]

Oh my goodness.

And SHAME on those adults who even HINTED at non-disclosure!!! That make me SO ANGRY .

Please give yourself some grace. Yes you are technically an adult, but one that is conditioned to rely on the helpers in our lives as a K-12 student to this point. And those are some seriously influential “helpers” that you SHOULD be able to rely upon.

Yes…please come clean. Now is the time. Plenty of threads about this issue. Know that if you don’t disclose, you could be putting yourself into some serious future troubles should it be doscovered. Including being financially obligated for your scholarship payback should you be separated. It has happened.

Read good, recent discussion here:

Being dishonest during medical processing

Hello, During my medical process for the ROTC scholarship, I did not mention my condition of an arachnoid cyst. I enlisted through the National Guard and MEPs as part of a three year scholarship, and felt some pressure from my recruiter to keep quiet about medical conditions. I realize I...

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