Related Posts:. Strong winds, rain move into San Diego Area. Top Stories. Halloween Houses around San Diego County A simple DNA kit changes a man's life. During that process, recruits are assessed by the VA to determine whether they have earned a lifelong disability rating for injuries or illnesses from boot camp. That process has been slammed by the Government Accountability Office as being notoriously slow.
Tipton was told to expect the process to take between six and nine months, his mother said. During either evaluation process, recruits stay at the depots. Christina Sears, a spokeswoman at the Pentagon. We want to ensure they have appropriate care for their respective injuries and ample time to recover prior to a determination.
Tipton was first enrolled in the IDES program, which is used by active-duty personnel being separated from the service. But since he was a recruit, Jodie Tipton said he wasn't getting permission to go to a VA hospital for appointments officials there said he needed to complete the process. That's when Tipton requested to switch to the LDES program, and he was moved back into the rehabilitation platoon, according to a Marine official familiar with his situation.
The Marine spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss a recruit's medical situation. That's also when the Tipton family stopped getting clear updates on when he'd be separated, Jodie Tipton said. Is it still six to nine months … or three to six weeks? No one could tell us. Tipton still wants to serve in the military, she said. But recruits and their families deserve to know the military has clear processes for separating those too sick or injured to complete their training, she added.
Jodie Tipton said she understands the need to keep recruits who are going back to boot camp focused on what's ahead. But military leaders need to give the process another look for those who are going home, she added. Follow her on Twitter ginaaharkins. Wake up to the Challenge! Schedule The race will begin at in 5-minute waves starting with the elite division, then individual men, individual women, 2-person teams, 3-person teams, then 5-person teams.
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