Finally after nearly 8 months, I managed to get a downgrade.
I didn't chao geng or do anything funny, I really have an injury.
Yes, its an old injury but it certainly is serious.
I dislocated my right hip severely and suffered a right foot drop after that. I don't have complete strength and mobility of my right leg and it is affecting me as I grow old.
I had to see the Army MO a total of 3 times, before they send me to a proper specialist medical board.
The first 3 times I went to see the Army MO, they look at me and say "You served 2 years of NS as a PES B soldier, so I don't see no reason why you cannot do your reservist as a PES B soldier too."
To me, this reason is just full of shirking responsibilities and ZERO medical ethics.
I volunteered to upgrade myself to PES B, so I can serve the nation better. The Mind says "Persevere", but my Body says "Stop". It came to a point where I might develop Avascular Necrosis.
To the Army MO, his view was: "You have a high chance of developing it, but you haven't develop it, so you cannot downgrade."
Its like saying, you have a high chance of getting lung cancer if you smoke, but you haven't get it, so you can continue smoking.
Shouldn't prevention be better than cure?
Shouldn't they take a more deeper look into my problem, rather than just assuming that I am fit and healthy just because I can run and jump? Yes I can run and jump, but it takes more strength on my right leg and I get sharp pain on my right hip occasionally.
Finally, after continual persuasion that I am experiencing pain when I run and jump, they referred me to a board of doctors who are specialists.
They did some tests on me and I told them, "I have been running with a limp."
They downgraded me immediately.
To them, my problem was deemed so severe that the army should not have upgraded me in the first place.
There was this man in his 40s at the medical board too. He had an accident and a metal pin was inserted in his leg to hold it in place. He was in hospital when his IPPT and reservist was due. He couldn't go because he was still in hospital, and the army charged him. Like me, he had to go through a long process to finally end up at the medical board of specialists where they downgraded him.
It just infuriates me when there are double standards of doing things.
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