Normally, no more than three such six-month periods will be approved. If a person is not fit for full duty by that time, it is usually most appropriate to refer his or her case to the Physical Evaluation Board. Administrative Processing . The patient's case is not appropriately handled through administrative rather than medical channels. Occasions for this recommendation arise, for example, when a person must be hospitalized for treatment of a disqualifying condition which he or she fraudulently denied having had at the time of enlistment, or when a person who cannot adapt to military service because of a personality disorder is hospitalized because of a manipulative suicide guesture.
Attention is invited to Section II, Administrative Disposition.
Referral to the Physical Evaluation Board . The member is physically or mentally unfit for continued military service and should be medically separated. This recommendation and many of its ramifications will be discussed below. The patient will, unless there is felt to be a contraindication to this in regard to his or her physical or mental health, be invited to meet with the members of the Board to discuss their findings and recommendations. In the latter case, Board members have the option of preparing a surrebuttal statement.