Policy topic
Army disability evaluation policy
Disability evaluation policy addresses referral and fitness processes when medical conditions may affect a service member's ability to perform required duties.
Questions this topic covers
- When medical retention findings may require referral.
- The distinct roles of medical evaluation and physical evaluation processes.
- Why a diagnosis, profile, referral, fitness finding, and disability rating are separate concepts.
- How Army and Department of Defense authorities interact.
Key research distinction
Mil Med GPT can locate and explain process requirements, but it cannot predict a board outcome, determine fitness, or assign a disability percentage. Those are official determinations made through the authorized process.