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<blockquote data-quote="tim2000s" data-source="post: 829634" data-attributes="member: 30007"><p>This is what I can find on the web:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://dvd.sagepub.com/content/8/2/55.full.pdf" target="_blank">http://dvd.sagepub.com/content/8/2/55.full.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>Extracts below.</p><p></p><p><strong>Diseases emergent after joining </strong></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>In contrast to fresh applicants, those serving personnel that develop disease, including diabetes, often after some years of satisfactory service, are generally not given a military medical discharge if there is chance of redeployment in an appropriate medical category. Often a large public investment will have been made in their training and they will have acquired invaluable operational experience both of which could be put to good use in a reduced or non-operational capacity. However, there will always be a limit to the number of military personnel that can continue to be employed in a medically downgraded role. Each case is evaluated on its merits as was made clear in the official statement on behalf of the British Government in a parliamentary answer by Mr Derek Twigg, Under Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans at the Ministry of Defence.5</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><strong>Consequences of diagnosis </strong></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>As mentioned above, once a diagnosis of diabetes, or any other chronic disease, has been made in British serving personnel, everything is done to enable continuing military service wherever possible. Radical changes in occupational activity may be necessary to achieve this and failure may necessitate military medical discharge. In the British services, over a 10-year period, 29% (295/1014) of personnel diagnosed with diabetes were medically discharged.6</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tim2000s, post: 829634, member: 30007"] This is what I can find on the web: [URL]http://dvd.sagepub.com/content/8/2/55.full.pdf[/URL] Extracts below. [B]Diseases emergent after joining [/B] [I] In contrast to fresh applicants, those serving personnel that develop disease, including diabetes, often after some years of satisfactory service, are generally not given a military medical discharge if there is chance of redeployment in an appropriate medical category. Often a large public investment will have been made in their training and they will have acquired invaluable operational experience both of which could be put to good use in a reduced or non-operational capacity. However, there will always be a limit to the number of military personnel that can continue to be employed in a medically downgraded role. Each case is evaluated on its merits as was made clear in the official statement on behalf of the British Government in a parliamentary answer by Mr Derek Twigg, Under Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans at the Ministry of Defence.5 [/I] [B]Consequences of diagnosis [/B] [I] As mentioned above, once a diagnosis of diabetes, or any other chronic disease, has been made in British serving personnel, everything is done to enable continuing military service wherever possible. Radical changes in occupational activity may be necessary to achieve this and failure may necessitate military medical discharge. In the British services, over a 10-year period, 29% (295/1014) of personnel diagnosed with diabetes were medically discharged.6[/I] [/QUOTE]
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