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I suspect that this medical "re-evaluation" has been going on for a long time.
I did a 3-yr enlistment in the Army in the early 1960s.
With only several months left on my enlistment I was assigned to a combat unit.
I thought this odd because I had a medical "profile" -- my poor vision -- that restricted me to support roles by the Army's own rules. I said nothing because I had only months to go before separation.
When I got separated I found a "medical re-evaluation" in my medical file that stated that I had been examined at the base hospital by 3 doctors and that my medical profile had been changed from C to A. Fact is I never met these doctors nor had ever set foot in the base hospital.
I made sure that this document disappeared from my file before I went into my 5-yr reserve status. And I lost all respect for Army doctors who obviously are the worst kind of professional whores.
This sort of thing was common in the push across France in WW2 if we are to believe our military historians.
