Manual of the Medical Department (NAVMED P-117)
Chapter 15: Medical Examinations
Department of the Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Introduction
- 15-1 Scope and Purpose of Medical
Examinations
- 15-2 Responsibility for
Prescribing Standards
- 15-3 Application of Physical
Standards
- 15-4 Interpretation of
Physical Standards
- 15-5 Retention Criteria
- 15-6 Conducting the
Examination
- 15-7 Recording Medical
Examinations
- 15-8 Medical History
- 15-9 Special Studies
- 15-10 Validity Periods of Medical
Examinations
- 15-11 Periodicity of
Examinations
- 15-12 Reporting Requirements
Medical Examinations
- 15-13 General
- 15-14 Active Duty Periodic Medical
Examinations
- 15-15 Candidates for Commission or
Warrant Officer
- 15-16 Candidates for Education
Programs Leading to Commission
- 15-17 Civilian Employees
- 15-18 Deserters
- 15-19 Enlistment
- 15-20 Enlisted Applicants for Service
Schools
- 15-21 Intoxication or Drug
Abuse
- 15-22 Members on the Temporary
Disability Retired List
- 15-23 Naval Academy Midshipmen, NROTC
Applicants, and Students
- 15-24 Prisoners
- 15-25 Promotion of Navy and Marine
Corps Officers on Active Duty
- 15-26 Recruit Screening
Examinations
- 15-27 Reenlistment
- 15-28 Reserve Components, Navy and
marine Corps
- 15-29 Separation from Active
Duty
- 15-30 Transfer of Personnel
- 15-31 Physical Readiness/Body
Fat
Physical Standards
- 15-32 General
- 15-33 Head
- 15-34 Neck
- 15-35 Nose and Sinuses
- 15-36 Mouth
- 15-37 Pharynx, Tachea, Esophagus, and
Larynx
- 15-38 Other Defects and Diseases
of the Mouth, Nose, and Throat
- 15-39 Ears
- 15-40 Eyes
- 15-41 Lungs and Chest Wall (Except
Tuberculosis)
- 15-42 Tuberculous Lesions
- 15-43 Heart
- 15-44 Vascular System
- 15-45 Abdominal Organs and
Gastrointestinal System
- 15-46 Endocrine and Metabolic
Disorders
- 15-47 Genitalia
- 15-48 Urinary System
- 15-49 Extremities
- 15-50 Spine and Sacroiliac Joints
- 15-51 Scapulae, Sternum, Clavicles,
and Ribs
- 15-52 Skin and Cellular Tissues
- 15-53 Neurological Disorders
- 15-54 Psychiatric
- 15-55 Dental
- 15-56 Blood and Blood-Forming Tissue
Diseases
- 15-57 Systemic Diseases
- 15-58 General and Miscellaneous
Conditions and Defects
- 15-59 Benign Tumors
- 15-60 Malignant Diseases and
Tumors
- 15-61 Sexually Transmitted
Diseases
- 15-62 Height, Weight, and Body
Build
Special Duty
- 15-63 General
- 15-64 Antarctic "Operation DEEP
FREEZE"
- 15-65 Aviation Duty
- 15-66 Diving Duty
- 15-67 Fire Fighting Instructor
Personnel
- 15-68 Occupational Exposure to
Ionizing Radiation
- 15-69 Submarine Duty
- 15-70 Nuclear Field Duty (Nuclear
Power/Nuclear Weapons)
- 15-71 Naval Aviation Water Survival and
Rescue Swimmer School Training Programs
- 15-71A Landing Craft Air Cushion
(LCAC) Crew Medical Standards
- 15-71B Explosive Handlers and
Explosives Vehicle Operators
Physical Defects and Waivers
- 15-72 Physical Defects
- 15-73 Relative Significance of
Physical Defects
- 15-74 Procedure for Recommending
Waiver
- 15-75 Special Examination
Requirements