DEFENCE MEDICAL CRITERIA

CHECKLIST

1st TATTOO POLICY

2nd GENERAL REQUIREMENT
3rd HEIGHT, WEIGHT & AGE
4th SPECEFIC INVESTIGATION
5th DIRECT REJECTION CAUSES
6th EYE & VISION STANDARDS
7th EARS & HEARING STANDARDS
8th KNOCK-KNEES
9th FLAT FOOT
10th FEMALE RELATED MEDICAL EXAMINATION
11th PREGNANCY
12th SPECIAL AIR FORCE CRITERIA
13th SPECIAL NAVY AVIATION CRITERIA
FOLLOWING ARE EXAMINED IN ALL THE 3 SERVICES
WHAT IF I HAVE TATTOOS ?

WHAT IF TATTOOS ARE MANDATORY IN MY TRADITION?

WHAT ARE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ?
WHAT SHOULD BE MY HEIGHT, WEIGHT AS PER MY AGE ?

EXCEPTION : For GORKHAS and individuals belonging to hills of

NORTH-EASTERN region of India, GARHWALI AND KUMAON, the
Minimum acceptable height will be 5 cms less. In case of candidates
from LAKSHADWEEP, the minimum acceptable height can be reduced
by 2 cms.

EXCEPTION : For GORKHAS and individuals belonging to hills of

NORTH-EASTERN region of India, GARHWALI AND KUMAON, the
Minimum acceptable height will be 5 cms less. In case of candidates
from LAKSHADWEEP, the minimum acceptable height can be reduced
by 2 cms.
SHOULD MY WEIGHT BE EXACTLY EQUAL TO WHAT
IS SHOWN ABOVE?

Above chart shows approximate figures.

WHAT ARE OTHER SPECEFIC TESTS HELD AT MEDICALS ?

Complete Hemogram test is performed on a sample of blood to

measure the level of WBC TOTAL COUNT, NEUTROPHILS,
LYMPHOCYTES, MONOCYTES, BASOPHILS, EOSINOPHILS,
RBC COUNT, HCT, HB, MCV, PS and ESR in the blood.

Urine R/E is another routine examination done in the

pathology lab, this test demonstrates the disorders in
the urinary system. The report of Urine R/E consists
of Physical examination, Chemical examination &
Microscopic examination. ( URINE COLOUR , ODOUR,
PH)
Posteroanterior (PA) chest view is frequently used to
aid diagnosis of acute and chronic conditions.

An ultrasound / SONOGRAPHY is a procedure that uses high-

frequency sound waves to scan a the internal organs of the
body woman’s abdomen and pelvic cavity, the reproductive
system.

IS THERE A DIRECT REJECTION FOR FEW THINGS ?

Yes, THE LIST IS AS FOLLOWS

SINUS INFECTION HERNIA HYPER PIGMENT
PATCHES

NAEVUS VASCULAR SKELETAL DEFORMITY

MALFORMATION
SCARS

RESTRICTED JOINT DEFORMITIES OF HYPER FLEXIBLE

MOVEMENT REPRODUCTIVE
SYSTEM

CUBITUS VALGUS / DEFORMITIES OF RENAL DEFORMITY

VARUS HANDS & FEET
SCOLIOSIS VITILIGO CHRONIC SKIN DISEASE

PEURAL EFFUSION KYPHOSIS SWEATY PALMS

DEVIATED NASAL CHEST EXPANSION LESS GYNAECOMASTIA

SEPTUM THAN 5 CMS IN MALES

INCURABLE UNTREATED PILES INTERNAL

TONSILLITIS ORGANS OR
ABDOMINAL
DISEASE
WHAT ARE EYE & VISION STANDARDS ?

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

ARE THERE ANY OCULAR DISEASES THAT MAKES CANDIDATE

DIRECTLY UNFIT ?

YES, FOLLOWING IS THE LIST

PTOSIS CORNEAL OPACITY PTERYGIUM

UVEITIS NYSTAGMUS ECTROPION

SQUINT NIGHT BLINDNESS ENTROPION

ARE SURGERIES ALLOWED TO OVERCOME THESE ?

RADIAL KERATOTOMY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE

WHAT ARE EAR & HEARING STANDARDS ?

AURICLE AND DEFORMITIES IN TEAR IN TYMPANIC

MASTOIDE REGION EXTERNAL MEMBRANE
AUDITORY MEATUS (POP - SHIELD)

(REGION WHERE WE
FIND WAX)

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR WHISPERING/VOICE

UPTO 610 CM STANDING WITH YOUR BACK TOWARDS
EXAMINER
KNOCK KNEES?
I AM STILL NOT SURE HOW TO KNOW WHETHER I HAVE
KNOCK-KNEES ?
WHAT IS FLAT FOOT ? HOW DO I KNOW I HAVE IT ?
WHAT ARE FEMALE SPECEFIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION ?
WHAT ARE FEMALE SPECEFIC DIRECT REJECTION?
Significant hirsutism, especially with male
pattern of hair growth along with radiological
evidence of PCOS will be a cause for rejection.
Along with that following is the list for direct
rejection
AMENORRHEOA MENORRHAGIA CONGENITAL
ELONGATION OF
CERVIX
SIMPLE OVARIAN ENDOMETRIOSIS SUBMUCOUS
CYST MORE THAN AND ADENOMYOSIS FIBROID OF ANY
06 CM SIZE
ACUTE OR CHRONIC DISORDERS OF DYSMENORRHOEA
PELVIC INFECTION SEXUAL
DIFFERENTIATION
PREGNANCY
FOLLOWING IS THE CRITERIA ONLY FOR AIR FORCE
ARE SURGERIES ALLOWED TO MATCH THESE STANDARDS?

Refractive Surgery : Candidates who have undergone

PRK (Photo Refractive Keratotomy/Lasik
(LASER in Situ Keratomileusis) may be considered
fit for commissioning in the Air Force in all
branches.

Post PRK/LASIK candidates must meet the visual

requirements required for the branch

PRK/LASIK surgery should not have been carried out

before the age of 20 years.
The axial length of the eye should not be more
than 25.5 mm as measured by IOL master.

At least 12 months should have elapsed post

uncomplicated stable PRK/LASIK with no history or
evidence of any complication.

The post PRK/LASIK corneal thickness as measured

by a corneal pachymeter should not be less than
450 microns.

Radial keratotomy (RK) and Photo Refractive

Keratotomy (PRK) surgery for correction of
refractive errors is not permitted for any Air
Force duties.
Candidates having undergone cataract surgery with
or without IOL implants will also be declared
unfit.

WHAT ALL IS CHECKED IN X- RAY ?

GRANULOMATOUS SPONDYLOSIS SCOLIOSIS > 10

degree

KYPHOSIS, LORDOSIS HERNIATED DISK COMPRESSION

FRACTURE

SACRALISATION ANOMALY IN SPINALBIFIDA

ATLANTO-AXIAL ,
OCCIPITAL
EYE CRITERIA FOR NAVY AVIATION
WHAT IF I’AM NOT SATISFIED WITH MEDICAL BOARD’S
DECISION ?

Candidates who are unfit may

candidates declared unfit will be intimated by the

President of the Medical Board and procedure for
request for an Appeal Medical Board (AMB) will
also be intimated to the candidate.

Candidates who are unfit may apply for Appeal

Medical Board (AMB) to be completed within 42 days
of SMB and may request for Review Medical Board
(RMB) within one day of completion of Appeal
Medical Board. Candidates declared unfit by AMB
will be intimated by the President AMB about
procedure of challenging the findings of AMB.

Only those candidates will be admitted to the

Academy who are declared fit by the Medical Board.
“COMMIT TO BE FIT”
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