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Commissioning Physical Guidance for anyone going to an MTF

FormerRecruitingGuru

Making Recruiting Great Again
I've been seeing many Fleet/Active Duty applicants as well as those who have gotten their physical anywhere but MEPS "having difficulty" clearing N3M. Here's some tips/guidance to help with the process.

There's three commissioning physical forms you need to download/print:

DD 2807-1
DD 2807-2
DD 2808

There's medical documents you need to acquire:

5 years of medical records (including pharmacy records)
Medical documents from ANY serious treatment outside of that 5 years (LASIK, surgeries, psych, etc.)

1. Before you start your physical, fill out the 2807-2 and 2807-1, using the medical documents as your guide. Every YES answer needs to match what is on the medical documents (if applicable).
2a. Start the commissioning physical process. You will need a full eye exam, labs (HIV, drug urinalysis), hearing, and FULL dental exam before you see the provider. For the dental exam, ensure the Dentist stamps and signs 83A on the back of the DD 2808. For everything else, make sure it's filled on the commissioning physical paperwork AS WELL AS keep documents of every visit.
2b. If you are over 40, please get an EKG, glucose/lipids, and an IOP eye exam. If you're a female (regardless of age), ensure you have a pap done within 2 years and get the paperwork showing everything is normal.
3. When you finally see the provider, make sure he/she checks NORMAL or ABNORMAL for 17-42 on the 2808. This will get kicked back if anything is marked NE. If you are a male, item 41 can be checked NE since it only applies to females. Make sure the provider fills out 74A, 74B, 77 (if applicable) and stamps/signs 81A-81B. IN ADDITION, make sure the provider completes + stamps/signs the DD 2807-1 AND DD 2807-2.
4. When the physical is done, have an HM go through the three forms and ensure everything is accurate/inputted.

NOW, submit the following to N3M:

3 DD Forms
Pap smear (if you're a female)
5 years of records
ANY OTHER SERIOUS SURGERY/CONDITION GOING OUTSIDE THOSE 5 years
EKG/IOP/Lipid + Glucose results (if 40+)

This should help with the process and avoid any sort of complications down the road. Good luck!
 

TyKing

Well-Known Member
pilot
I've been seeing many Fleet/Active Duty applicants as well as those who have gotten their physical anywhere but MEPS "having difficulty" clearing N3M. Here's some tips/guidance to help with the process.

There's three commissioning physical forms you need to download/print:

DD 2807-1
DD 2807-2
DD 2808

There's medical documents you need to acquire:

5 years of medical records (including pharmacy records)
Medical documents from ANY serious treatment outside of that 5 years (LASIK, surgeries, psych, etc.)

1. Before you start your physical, fill out the 2807-2 and 2807-1, using the medical documents as your guide. Every YES answer needs to match what is on the medical documents (if applicable).
2a. Start the commissioning physical process. You will need a full eye exam, labs (HIV, drug urinalysis), hearing, and FULL dental exam before you see the provider. For the dental exam, ensure the Dentist stamps and signs 83A on the back of the DD 2808. For everything else, make sure it's filled on the commissioning physical paperwork AS WELL AS keep documents of every visit.
2b. If you are over 40, please get an EKG, glucose/lipids, and an IOP eye exam. If you're a female (regardless of age), ensure you have a pap done within 2 years and get the paperwork showing everything is normal.
3. When you finally see the provider, make sure he/she checks NORMAL or ABNORMAL for 17-42 on the 2808. This will get kicked back if anything is marked NE. If you are a male, item 41 can be checked NE since it only applies to females. Make sure the provider fills out 74A, 74B, 77 (if applicable) and stamps/signs 81A-81B. IN ADDITION, make sure the provider completes + stamps/signs the DD 2807-1 AND DD 2807-2.
4. When the physical is done, have an HM go through the three forms and ensure everything is accurate/inputted.

NOW, submit the following to N3M:

3 DD Forms
Pap smear (if you're a female)
5 years of records
ANY OTHER SERIOUS SURGERY/CONDITION GOING OUTSIDE THOSE 5 years
EKG/IOP/Lipid + Glucose results (if 40+)

This should help with the process and avoid any sort of complications down the road. Good luck!

Sir for the eye, hearing, labs tests; do I need the people doing the test to sign and stamp on the back of the 2808 form as well? Also I’m active duty Air Force, can I have all those tests done by an Air Force provider , then have the meps process done by a navy provider or does all the steps, including eye, dental, etc. need to be done by navy?
 

FormerRecruitingGuru

Making Recruiting Great Again
Sir for the eye, hearing, labs tests; do I need the people doing the test to sign and stamp on the back of the 2808 form as well? Also I’m active duty Air Force, can I have all those tests done by an Air Force provider , then have the meps process done by a navy provider or does all the steps, including eye, dental, etc. need to be done by navy?

You can’t split a physical with MEPS/MTF. Choose one of the other.
 

Criminal

God's personal hacky sack
pilot
You have any inside scoop on the status of DODMERB? we are hearing the entire system is down with no fix in sight.
 

CBryant932

Member
Thank you for the information Sir. I was unaware of the 5 years of medical records needed. I planned on submitting my package For the next SWO board. Looks like I have some work to do.
 

CBryant932

Member
Sir, quick question. What exactly would 5 years of medical records look like? All of my medical has been done through navy medical, so is there a certain form I need to be requesting?
 

CBryant932

Member
Ok thank you. I only asked because the medical record is not in chronological order. Also I know some people have encyclopedias of a medical record so just wasn’t sure if it was just a form or not.
 

Gatordev

Well-Known Member
pilot
Site Admin
Contributor
I'm guessing if you go to your medical and ask them to print out (or give you the pdf) your record from ALTA and specify the date range, that would suffice. @RUFiO181 can confirm if that would suffice. ALTA came online ~2005-ish, so you would be covered.
 

FormerRecruitingGuru

Making Recruiting Great Again
Ok thank you. I only asked because the medical record is not in chronological order. Also I know some people have encyclopedias of a medical record so just wasn’t sure if it was just a form or not.

No, literally it's your entire record (including RX records) the past 5 years AND any major surgery/treatment that goes beyond that. You CAN put it in chronological order (actually it's preferred) from oldest to newest.
 
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