Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
I don't know what they qualifications are now but back in the day (damn that sounds old), asthma would DQ you. Flat feet. An assortment of injuries; especially, to joints that required surgery. HIV would do it. Being married

The US government doesn't want to pay to fix you with no guarantee you'll be worth the fix. Especially given the benefits associated with service-related injuries. If they accept you, it is automatically a service related injury unless they can prove fraudulent enlistment.

This would be taking a chance at the unknown or possible residual effects.
A heart murmur-even one that wasn't a problem, kept plenty of kids out of Nam. Not sure what else.