Guest cja1987 Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Hello all, Bit of an oddball question but I'm kind of desperate for answers. I've searched far and wide for some kind of official USAF policy on hydroceles without any luck. Can anybody point me in the direction of the most recent, "official" reg or is that kind of thing not publicly available? From sources whose accuracy I can not be sure of, I have heard that a "small" right hydrocele is not disqualifying. When I went to MEPS over the summer, the doctor there thumbed through a HUGE book and said that a right hydrocele smaller than the testicle is NOT a DQ, larger IS. He determined mine was much smaller and not a DQ however, I was DQ'ed for an inguinial hernia that was also present. Now I'm finally in the process of getting the hernia repaired and am also trying to decide whether I should deal with the hydrocele as well. Civilian docs say "no way, its small and not bothering you" but I want to make sure I'm not falling out of regs if at all possible. If I know the official policy, I can present that to my civilian docs and ask for their assessment on how likely they think it is to end up out of regs (get bigger, IDK), if at all. I asked the recruiter I've been dealing with for the past year about it and he said "o just have them take it out if they even mentioned it at MEPS". He was unable or unwilling to track down any possibly relevant regs for me. I don't want to make a medical decision on a "my recruiter said" so I'm trying to do more research. The docs I've talked to so far do not recommend doing anything w/the hydrocele as it can actually compromise the hernia repair if done at the same time. Thanks for any help and sorry for the long post. -Chris
Learjetter Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 UTSF. AFI 48-123 is the USAF medical reg. Get it at www.e-publishing.com.
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