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handle is hein.crs/goveshe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FY2025 NDAA: Medical Standards to Join the Military Updated January 29, 2025 Background Congress has established broad qualifications that individuals must meet in order to join the military (i.e., military accession). By statute, a secretary of a military department may enlist qualified, effective, and able-bodied persons (10 U.S.C. §505(a)), or appoint individuals seeking a commission in the military who are physically qualified for active service (10 U.S.C. §532(a)). Department of Defense (DOD) Instruction 6130.03, Volume 1, implements these authorities through the establishment of common medical standards for appointment, enlistment, or induction of personnel into the military. The policy generally requires individuals considered for entry in the military to be free of contagious diseases and free of certain medical conditions or physical defects, medically capable to perform military trainings and duty without aggravating existing physical defects or medical conditions, and medically adaptable to the military environment without geographical area limitations. DOD policy also lists over 400 medical conditions that otherwise disqualify individuals from military service. Some of these conditions may be waived under certain circumstances. During ongoing deliberations on a National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025 NDAA), some Members of Congress have expressed interest in DOD's medical standards and processes used to evaluate an applicant's fitness for military service. Table 1 lists proposed and enacted provisions related to accession medical standards included in the House-passed (H.R. 8070, 118th Congress), Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)-reported (S. 4638, 118th Congress), and enacted (P.L. 118-159) versions of the FY2025 NDAA. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12428 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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