Why 40% of Candidates Rejected in Army Medical?

Its very Heart Broken moment when a deserving candidate qualified in all aspects but get rejected in Medical Board, due to some unknown diagnostic reasons.

Generally, 30% to 40% of the Candidates Get Medically Out, or Get Temporary Rejection, or Permanent Rejection, whereas Candidate gets very minimal time to overcome for particular rejections points.

If a Defence aspirant has followed simple steps to check out personally about his medical and physical fitness so that his efforts will be worked out.

The following points must be kept in mind:

1. Height and weight should be within prescribed limits separately for males and females. However, 10% plus or minus deviation from normal is permitted.
2. The chest should be well-formed. No deformity of the chest like pigeon chest. Measurement of chest minimum 77cm and expansion 5 cm. no gynecomastia.
3. The skin should be clear, with no fungus infection of the pre-anal region. No eczema or dermatitis. No nodule or tumor and no haemangioma.
Ears- No wax/perforation. No hearing loss. Whisper at 600 cm.
4. Nose - No DNS/Perforation of the septum.
5. Dental Points – Minimum 14 dental points. No cavity. If a cavity is present it should be filled with a permanent filling and not temporary filling. No pyorrhea, No gum disease.
6. Tongue – No coating / No foul breath.
7. The speech should be normal, No slurring and flow should be normal.
8. Tonsils not enlarged or septic.
9. Heart – No murmur, No adventitious sound, and no congenital heart disease.
10. Chest - Normal breath sound, No adventitious sounds or Rhonch/scripts.
11. BP – 120/80mm of Hg.
12. Abdomen –Liver not enlarged / fatty changes. No disease of the gall bladder. Spleen not palpable. Kidney no stone in kidney, ureter or bladder
13. Legs - No knock Knee or flat foot. No varicose veins.
14. Hands – No tremors or sweaty hands, No cubitus valgus, No clubbing, No deformity of fingers. Six fingers are not allowed. No tattoo on exposed parts. An only religious tattoo is permitted on the back of the hand or inner side of the forearm. In treated fracture of any bone, there should be no rod or plates inside the body.
15. Male organs – No Hydrocoele / Hernia / Varicocoele. If operated for hernia it should have been done 1 year before the medical board and for Hydrocoele six months period is mandatory. No Phimosis. No Piles
16. Eyes should be white quiet and move in all directions. No nystagmus/squint.
17. Eyesight 6/6 in both eyes without glasses. If glasses, for NDA minus 2.5 myopia is permitted and for CDS minus 3.5 myopia is permitted. Same for technical also. No color blindness and no night blindness. No contact lens, No keratoplasty. For high myopia, Lasik laser treatment is permitted with certain conditions. But it should have been done one year before the medical board and not below 20 years of age. For a pilot, specs are not permitted.
18. For pilots leg length 99 – 120 cms. Thigh-length less than 64 cm, sitting length 81.5-96 cms. There should be no disease of the thoracic spine/cervical spine.
19. Tattoo - Permanent body tattoos are permitted on the following body parts only, for which a candidate will be required to sign a Self Certification Certificate as per format. (a) The inner face of forearms i.e. from inside of the elbow to the wrist of both the hands (b) Reverse side of the palm/back (dorsal) side of both hands

Most of these problems are correctable with proper guidance and correct advice. It is advisable to get the medical examination done before SSB/Any Army-Navy-Airforce. Rejection on medical grounds is two types of TR (Temporary rejection) and PR (Permanent Rejection).

If you get TR, then you have the right to apply for an appeal medical board(AMB) for which you have to deposit. 40/- in SBI and you get 6 weeks & 14 Days for Soldier Recruitment, to correct the disability. You can also select the hospital where you want to get your medical done. Here the specialist will decide on your fitness and he will only see that point for which you have been given TR.

If you get rejected there also then another chance this is called Review medical board (RMB) for which you have to apply within 24 hours of getting TR. However, this is not your right it will depend on the discretion of DGAFMS if he thinks that some injustice has been done to the candidate or there is some merit in the case only then RMB will be granted.

In RMB the top Doctors of Armed forces decide your case and this is final. But one thing we can tell you that these Doctors are very lenient.

Now, what is PR.? It is if there is some serious disease for example- severe hypertension, heart disease like a hole in the heart, perforation in the ear, cancer or TB. Such big-big things which are unlikely that any of you would have. All others are temporary which are treatable conditions.

So better to Examine your self with all the Aspects. Elite Defence Academy has all the Facilities to Examine your Medically as per Defence Services Standards.