Reply #110: Don't they ASK you if you have any medical conditions?

[MercutioATC]

Tell me where this scenario is flawed.

Dean goes in for an examination. The military examiner asks him if he's aware of any medical conditions he has (I'd assume they'd ask). Dean says that he's been diagnosed earlier with a back condition. The examiner asks for more information. Dean's original doctor provides the necessary x-rays. Dean is medically disqualified.

No, I don't know how the event transpired, but I think it's silly to say that Dean must have brought x-rays with him to the examination because he was trying to get disqualified. I also think it's ridiculous to say that Dean found a "convenient" way to avoid the draft. He has a condition that the MILITARY has determined to be disqualifying. Dean had no part in that decision.

I also find it interesting that somebody who admittedly registered as a conscientious objector is so vocal about creating scenarios to "prove" that somebody else tried to avoid being drafted. You don't have one ounce of proof for your allegations. You are simply using your individual experience as a template to generalize what had to have happened in every medical examination with every doctor during Vietnam.