Re: Draft -- Where can I find list of medical exemptions?

[October]

Try as I might, I can't find any information on medical exemptions.

Thanks for any help.

[IndianaGreen]

1. A boil in the ass (Rush)

Right off the bat, having flat feet will get you out of the draft.

Telling them you are gay will also keep you out.

[October]

2. Thanks for the laugh!!

I'm posting the question because I have children. (And I don't know at this point if they're gay or not.)

They do have a medical condition though, and I can't find any info.

[IndianaGreen]

6. You don't have to gay to tell them you are gay

They are so homophobic that they will take your word for it. They can't imagine anyone that is straight claiming to be gay just to get out of the military.

The beauty of claiming being gay, is that according to the rules, you only have to say that you have a gay orientation, without having to have sex. That's why it is impossible for them to prove you otherwise.

Tell them you like to listen to Streissand.

[October]

14. The fact that we live

in New Hope might help too. I never thought of this approach. LOL. Maybe they won't even have a Selective Service Board in our town.

[IndianaGreen]

7. deleted by user

I hate this software!

[K-W]

3. My guess (totally uneducated of course)

is that the military would probably set new guidelines whenever they instituted a new draft.

[October]

4. Good point.

[drb]

5. Back in 1971, I found a book...

...called "A Doctor's Guide to the Draft." Probably saved my life, 'cause I'm such a klutz I would'a been blown to bits in 'Nam.

It was like...

...here's the regulations about this medical condition.
...these are your symptoms if you have it.
...here's how people try to fake it.
...here's how they get caught.
...if you really do have it, here's how to prove it.

Look for it. My copy is in a cherished place, and Blesings to the Person who wrote it!!

[October]

9. Thanks!

Both of my children have a "documented" medical condition -- since birth. I can't believe how difficult/impossible it has been trying to find out if their condition would exempt them from service.

Klutz or no Klutz -- thanks for the book title!

[drscm]

8. Ask any repuglican politician or commentator... eom

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[October]

10. Oooh that was good.

Very good.

Some of you guys should be doing stand-up.

[madrchsod]

11. the army head shrink

thought i was having a lsd flash and decided i was crazy . a greaser friend of mine drank alot of wine and took a "few" reds and had to be dragged thru the tests by two black guys -they felt sorry for him- the army thru him out of the induction center. does this help any?

[IndianaGreen]

12. According to Selective Service, one must meet physical requirements

Should the Congress and the President reinstate a draft, a classification program would begin. Registrants would be examined to determine suitability for military service, and they would also have ample time to claim exemptions, deferments, or postponements. To be inducted, men would have to meet the physical, mental, and administrative standards established by the military services. Local Boards would meet in every American community to determine exemptions and deferments for clergymen, ministerial students, and men who file claims for reclassification as conscientious objectors.

Are disabled men, or men with medical conditions, required to register with Selective Service?. The only process now in effect is that men between the ages of 18 and 26 register with Selective Service and keep their registration record current during that period. Neither the Military Selective Service Act nor the Presidential proclamation provide an exemption from registration because of a man's mental or physical condition unless Selective Service is provided with documented evidence that the man is hospitalized or institutionalized; or home-bound and unable to function outside the home, with or without physical assistance; or is in such a physical or mental condition that he would not comprehend the nature of his registration with the Selective Service System. A determination is then made by Selective Service as to whether or not the man qualifies for exemption from registration.

http://www.sss.gov/qa.htm#questaa

I also found this rather peculiar rule. Does this mean that a transgender woman gets drafted as a male if no exemption is claimed?:

How does the Military Selective Service Act apply to individuals who have had a sex change? Individuals who are born female and have a sex change are not required to register. U.S. citizens or immigrants who are born male and have a sex change are still required to register. In the event of a resumption of the draft, males who have had a sex change can file a claim for an exemption from military service if they receive an order to report for examination or induction.

[Beaker]

13. Ted Nugent didn't need no stinkin' medical exemption-

http://www.nocompromise.org/news/000731c.html

"He claims that 30 days before his draft board physical, he stopped all forms of personal hygiene. The last 10 days, he ingested nothing but Vienna sausages and Pepsi; and a week before his physical, he stopped using bathrooms altogether, virtually living inside pants caked with his own excrement, stained by his urine. That spectacle won Nugent a deferment, he says..."