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(e) Unit commanders, ARNG/USAR liaisons, and medical personnel should closely coordinate the disposition
of injured ARNG/USAR Soldiers who are unable to continue training or deploy. Key milestones include: timely
completion of LOD paperwork; placement of the Soldier into a medical holdover training status; ensuring the
existence of a credible clinical recovery and rehabilitation plan; coordinating the return of inactive Soldiers to their
home unit/state with an authorization for care; establishment of a reasonable timeline for allowing IET graduation
versus initiating a MEB/physical evaluation board for the injured Soldier; verification of LOD completion prior to
transfer/REFRAD of affected Soldier; final liaison counseling prior to the Soldier’s departure to their parent unit/state.
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(4) Medical authorities determine when a Soldiers has received adequate recovery and rehabilitation, but is not
expected to be able to continue training or deploy. In these cases, Soldiers will be evaluated by an MEB as defined in
AR 40–400, and will be referred to a physical evaluation board as defined in AR 635–40. Administrative medical
separation is rarely appropriate for Soldiers injured during training.
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(5) The U.S. Army Medical Command standard for completing a MEB is 90 days (for example, the time
allowed for issuing a permanent profile to the affected Soldier, completing MEB paperwork, and forwarding the MEB
to the physical evaluation board).
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(6) Soldiers being medically separated should not be required to participate in rigorous training due to the
potential for aggravating injuries. These Soldiers can perform unit level administrative duties during their separation.
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(7) Soldiers who have completed graduation requirements, recovered fully from their injuries, and declared to
be medically fit by medical authorities for continued training and deployment, should be allowed to graduate and
continue their Army careers (assuming no other legal or administrative issues exist that would preclude this).
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c. AIT Soldiers that are injured and receive permanent profiles prior to graduation, are evaluated to determine if they
are fit for retention. Soldiers, determined fit for retention, are evaluated against minimum requirements for F