Army Personnel Chief: No Change in Standards for Mental Health Waivers

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Army Personnel Chief: No Change in Standards for Mental Health Waivers

Military.com | 13 Nov 2017 | by Matthew Cox

The U.S. Army said Monday it has made no changes to its policy for granting mental health waivers to recruits entering the service.

A statement from Lt. Gen. Thomas C. Seamands, deputy chief of staff for Army personnel (G1), came a day after USA Today reported that people with a history of self-mutilation, bipolar disorder, depression, and drug and alcohol abuse can now seek waivers to join the service under an unannounced policy enacted in August.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/11/13/army-personnel-chief-no-change-standards-mental-health-waivers.html

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PTSD has become the newest door to a lifetime disability and the Army is going to allow clinically proven people who are prone to such a disorder an opportunity for lifetime payments from the American taxpayer?  Or is this more PC run amok?