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Hello everyone. I am currently a SSG in the Army and working on setting up a date/time for my flight physical. However, I think I at be permanently DQ. About 2 years ago, I was shot in the head by a 9mil hollow point round. It fractured the front of my skull and I needed brain surgery. However, I did not lose consciousness. Despite the accident, I have still had a successful career thus far. I deployed, graduated Air Assault School, awarded the Gold GAFB and Schutzenschnur, Distinguished Leadership Awardee at ALC, Distinguished Honor Graduate at Recruiting School and currently studying for the SAMC board. This is not meant to brag, but as a notice of how my physical and mental capabilities are still up to par or far exceed the standard. I was wondering what everyone's opinions were on someone having head trauma like myself and what the odds are for me to actually pass the flight phys. Thank you.

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Hello everyone. I am currently a SSG in the Army and working on setting up a date/time for my flight physical. However, I think I at be permanently DQ. About 2 years ago, I was shot in the head by a 9mil hollow point round. It fractured the front of my skull and I needed brain surgery. However, I did not lose consciousness. Despite the accident, I have still had a successful career thus far. I deployed, graduated Air Assault School, awarded the Gold GAFB and Schutzenschnur, Distinguished Leadership Awardee at ALC, Distinguished Honor Graduate at Recruiting School and currently studying for the SAMC board. This is not meant to brag, but as a notice of how my physical and mental capabilities are still up to par or far exceed the standard. I was wondering what everyone's opinions were on someone having head trauma like myself and what the odds are for me to actually pass the flight phys. Thank you.

Glad to hear you were able to make such a great recovery from that incident. Although my head trauma was certainly not that severe, I do have some experience in regards to the flight physical and head trauma issues.

In order to get a waiver for the physical due to my head trauma I had to get a CAT scan/MRI, be evaluated by a (big words and I'm sure to get them wrong) neurophyschologist, neurophysiologist, and some general neuro doctor of some sort. AR 40-501, page 46-49 I believe lays it all out. You will then want to go here https://vfso.rucker.amedd.army.mil/ and download the APL Guide document (under Army Information) then look at pages 201-204. I can send this to you if you can't get on AERO. I think your best bet would be sitting with a flight surgeon as it seems your situation could go either way based on your exact operation.

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