Dear members,
I am a NS men Reservist really having some problems here and hope somone could help... really will appreciate it...
Scenerio 1:
Year 1996 Combat vocation and injured left arm elbow(hairline crack) during active NS days and put on medicalboard. Medicalboard MC states Pes B, to change vocation and excuse chin up permanent. However, active NS unit did not revocate me and assigned me do storeman for my company until the unit ORD... Meantime, now, serving Reservist and still do IPPT with chin-up not excused. And reservist vocation still combat status Pes B didn't change. I faithfully followed my old unit for reservist for a few years, and help out as storeman, as my CSM internally acknowledged me as storeman. But on paperwork, it was never updated. I still kept that medicalboard MC for safekeeping. Don't understand why old unit not willing to formally change my vocation or update my IPPT excuse chin-up. Until scenerio 2 happens then i realised i shld have insisted on pestering my old unit to change my vocation and update excuse chin-up...pls read scenerio 2...
Senerio 2:
Year 2002 unfortunately contracted Pneumothorax at home when training running for IPPT; was hospitalised and chest tube inserted. Medicalboard gave MC stating E9L9 temp for 6 months. That is when my reservist unit and Mindef totally stopped calling me back for any reservist in-camp duties... My unit eventually stand-down and finished their reservist cycle but i was not called up at all... I did not finish with my own reservist batch due to this pneumothorax...
Then 6 years later, Mindef dropped a 'BOMB' and called me back for reservist in-camp. I went for the in-camp and to my dismay, discovered i was already upgraded to Pes B and combat vocation. Puzzled why medicalboard did not informed me about the upgraded Pes B status. Reservist S1 Chief clerk refused to recognise my well-kept old MC(the one stating change vocation and excuse chin-up perm) and the MC stating E9L9 temp 6 mths(due to pneumothorax). He insisted that the 1st MC is no longer valid and it's my previous active Unit's mistake to not update or change vocation for me. He also stated that my 2nd MC is also not valid anymore as the Pneumothorax shld hve resolved after 6 years and i am as fit as a horse now and hence the upgraded status!!!! I immediately reported sick and seeked the reservist MO's help but disappointingly, he sang the same 'song' as my S1 Chief clerk, and said all my MC are not valid now...
Not giving up, i bookout and went to see my respiratory specialist, and after chest x-ray check, he reconfirmed that my pneumothorax had indeed resolved, but i had slight asthma(PEPR 300) and Rhinosinusitis. I obtained a memo from my specialist, but dunno whether to endorse to my reservist MO for medicalboard review, given the fact that reservist MO is not as approachable as I presumed…
Question 1:
I thought Pneumothrax is considered life threathening, and why am i given only temp E9L9 status and not reviewed after that? Worse still, 'super' upgrade to Pes B despite me having been operated on chest!!! I suppose heart attack, also happen as suddenly as Pneumothrax, but it seemed pneumothrax is considered nothing serious after the first attack has resolved? Anyone here convenient to provide some enlightening comments regarding this? Shld't one be given a perm Pes C status even though the pneumothorax has resolved? Coz there is high chance that the pneumothorax will repeat again, as what we expect from a heart attack patient... Why is medicalboard risking my safety? And i reckon no one will pity me if my pneumothorax strikes again... The chest pain still seasonally comes back on and off very often....
Question 2:
How to go about endorsing my old medicalboard MC stating excuse chin-up perm and change vocation? I mean, given that my reservist camp S1 chief clerk and MO refused to accept the MC. Or is it like what they said, these MCs are longer useful?
Question 3:
Given my history of all these illness, what would, roughly be my Pes status, if i go for a medicalboard review now? I heard we can book medicalboard review through 'e-health' at the ns-portal.com website?
Once again, thanks for reading my post and kindly advise me on what to do next...
Pneumothrax can recovered.Your elbow hairline cracked should have recovered also.
So you are a fit guy now.
But if excused chin up perm how u be PES B? PES B cant excuse chin up right?
Excuse chin up is PES B2 or PES C1 (old system)