Originally Posted by
Evmetro
I dont get it. If one is hospitalized for ANY potentially fatal condition and lives through it, I'd call them a survivor.
Sure. Factually and technically correct.
Then the DoD differentiated between which survivor can join the military and which survivor cannot. Sub-categorizing is nothing new for the government.
You can have had childhood asthma and get a waiver and enlist. No guarantee it won't come back.
You can have asthma and you are not qualified to enlist.
You can get asthma in the military (rather easily -- exercise induced asthma is not uncommon) and the VA will be doling out some bucks for the rest of your life.
Same ailment. Separate sub-categories. Different endings.
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