Assessing Fitness for Military Enlistment: Physical, Medical, and Mental Health Standards

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Assessing Fitness for Military Enlistment: Physical, Medical, and Mental Health Standards

TABLE 6-1 Waivers Granted for Active-Duty Applicants for the Four Services

			1997-2001				2002
			Applied		Granted		Applied		Granted
Service	Code^a	Definition	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Rank
Army	306	Physiological malfunction arising from mental factors	845	2.2	844	2.9	352	2.4	350	4.0	7
	314	Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	510	1.3	402	1.4	325	2.3	279	3.2	9
Navy	733	Physiological malfunction arising from mental factors	969	3.8	696	4.9	314	6.3	210	9.2	8
	300	Neurotic, mood, somatoform, dissociative or factitious disorders	723	2.8	361	2.6	104	2.1	17	0.8	9
Marines	733	Physiological malfunction arising from mental factors	607	4.0	455	5.2	153	5.0	114	8.9	8
	300	Neurotic, mood, somatoform, dissociative or factitious disorders	424	2.8	235	2.7	126	4.2	52	4.1	9
	314	Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	373	2.5	263	3.0	158	5.2	100	7.8	10
Air Force	314	Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	402	4.1	304	7.3	127	4.6	91	6.1	5
	296	Major depressive disorder	288	2.9	117	2.8	47	1.7	29	2.0	8
^aICD-9 code for Army applicants; DoD code for all others.