Simply Appalling!!

[Navy_Mom (Ship 9 Div 215)]

I just received a very unexpected call from my son!  He is being medically discharged from the Navy!  My mind is racing with anger and sadness.  Angry because I don't understand how this can be after all my son has given to the Navy and all the Navy has taken from him.

My son graduated from bootcamp on 6-7-2013 and was suppose to leave for A-school, but for medical reasons went to THU.  Apparently, they discovered something on an xray taken during his physical, but decided not to tell him until he completed bootcamp!!  Two weeks later, while in THU, they tell him they are going to do a biopsy.  He has the biopsy (BTW...this is the 1st time my son has ever been sedated). FOUR weeks later and only after he ask...they tell him the biopsy was inconclusive and they will have to schedule a second biopsy!  They also inform him that if the next biopsy comes back inconclusive they will have to "crack" his chest open to do further testing!!!!!  Who tells a 23 year old this???  The answer: the US Navy!  

So with no other option and still having a strong desire to serve, he undergos the 2nd biopsy.  Meanwhile since day 1 of THU, my son has done everything the Navy has ask of him.  To the point where leadership was telling him he would get "letters of recomendation".  The 2nd biopsy was conducted last week and due to "complications" my son spent the night in ICU!!  YES....ICU!!!  After talking to the attending physician at the Federal Hospital, we were assured that our son would be ok and the doctor said he would contact my son with the results as soon as he got them (unlike the 1st biopsy that took 4 weeks).  Just as promised, the doctor contacted my son yesterday with the news that he was going to release himso he could attend A-School.  My son was so excited and went immediately to Tranquility to speak to the base doctor about next steps needed for his orders.  Well.....he met today with the base doctor who informed him he was going to be medically discharged!!!  What the heck happened?

Now my son is being stripped of everything and sent upstairs to the separation unit where he will be held "hostage" until all paperwork is completed.  No more phone and no more privileges.  He is being tossed aside by the same Navy that once valued him....just like that with the snap of a finger. 

My heart is filled with sadness as I try to make sense of this and wonder with every minute that goes by how my son is dealing with this rejection by that one entity he so willing served.

 

[Angie]

Then sorry to say there is nothing you can do, if your son doesn't want assistance from outside...but that is what makes it so things don't get fixed.  The only way to fix anything is bring the issues up to the correct people so they can look into it.

[AZNavymom]

"For loved ones and graduates of Ship 5(17) no critics!This is a haven for the above, not for those seeking to attack those in need of support!"

[momofcct]

the only way i have found is to retain a civilian mil. lawyer. 

[boiler7879]

Yes, that was the response my son said to me as well....it just broke my heart and it still does everytime I read another one of these stories.....and yes my son said Ship 5 was hell as well....I understand your pain and your frustration.....tell your son to hold his head high....he's done NOTHING wrong and soon he will be home with all of you and the support and love you can give him will help him through all this....the saying goes "this too shall pass"...

Good luck to your son and let him know how proud his Country is of him and his efforts...they are and weren't in vain.   Take care!!!