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Old 01-01-2017, 10:57 AM
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DO NOT LIE TO THE FAA! All medical records are electronic and its only a matter of time until they can cross check them. There's no reason that cross checking cannot be retroactive and automated..

Also if you're involved in an incident, they will access your medical history and it will be a no brainer that they'll look at military records.

If you get caught lying on the medical form they revoke all of your certs. They can also referyou for federal felony prosecution, and they will certainly do so if you're flying with an unreported disqualifying medical issue.

The good news is that if you're in the military, you can probably easily pass an FAA medical unless you have mental health related issues. The FAA is not too worried about old minor injuries. The FAA does not care if you can pass a PRT, or even if you have ever run a PRT.

With military medical screening we often took the approach that "what they don't know won't hurt them". With the FAA, what they don't know can send you to federal prison.

Get as much VA disability as you can, the FAA does not care about that at all and will not hold it against you. They only care about the details of the conditions you have, which you had better report anyway.
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