Fitness for service is determined by the state of health of the conscript, for the assessment of which special criteria are used - categories A, B, C, D, D. Young people who have been assigned fitness category A or B are drafted into the army. Most conscripts are in category B. It includes four modifications 1-4, which indicate the existing disease and in which military units the young man can serve.
How is suitability determined?
Having received a summons from a draft board employee, the citizen is obliged to come to the military registration and enlistment office for a military medical examination. Without this, it is impossible to register for military training and go to serve in the army. Doctors identify the presence of diseases, and based on the results of the examination, assign a certain fitness category.
Several medical specialists examine conscripts:
- surgeon;
- neurologist;
- ophthalmologist;
- psychiatrist;
- otorhinolaryngologist;
- dentist;
- therapist.
Specialists will only examine the health status of the conscript. They do not make a diagnosis, do not prescribe treatment or conduct examinations that require special equipment, but only state the presence of any pathology or complete health. Therefore, you should prepare yourself in advance: establish a diagnosis with the help of your attending physician, undergo the necessary course of treatment, and conduct a series of medical examinations. This is the case if there is a disease that may prevent military service.
The decision of the medical commission is based on an examination of the conscripts and the study of the documents they submitted from the hospital:
- outpatient card or extract;
- test results;
- fluorographic image;
- ECG image and interpretation;
- other medical statements with the results of treatment, examination, and diagnosis.
All documents must be certified by a doctor and the seal of the medical institution.
After the inspection, each specialist makes a conclusion and sets his/her suitability category. The chief physician of the medical commission makes a decision based on the most severe disease detected by doctors. So, if one of the six members of the commission assigned category B, and the rest B, then the chief physician will approve B. Next, the question is sent for discussion to the draft commission. Accepted here final decision, the result of which is recorded in the journal of meetings of the draft commission.
Sometimes the diagnosis made by the attending physician is not confirmed by the military medical commission, despite the positive results of the examinations. In such cases, it is better to seek help from lawyers - it will be difficult, and sometimes impossible, to defend your rights on your own.
Main categories
By decision of the military medical commission, the citizen is assigned a fitness category, which is established in accordance with the Schedule of Diseases. Based on this document, it is presumably possible to determine in which troops the young man will serve and whether he will be sent to serve if he has an illness or will be released from the army for a certain period.
Indicators of suitability for service are designated by letters, their decoding is as follows:
1. A – completely healthy, can serve in any army. Absolutely fit for duty.
2. B – there are some restrictions regarding the choice of type of military. Quite fit for service.
3. B - a military ID is issued, after a commission they are sent to the reserve. It is considered, i.e. During a period of peace, a citizen is not called up for service; he is subject to conscription during a period of war.
4. G – given for the period of hospitalization. After the allotted period (six months, a year), the citizen again undergoes a medical examination and, upon full recovery, is sent to the army. If there is no improvement in health, then, depending on the decision of the draft commission, he is given a second deferment or issued a military ID.
5. D – a military ID is issued, the citizen is finally deregistered at the military registration and enlistment office. He is considered completely, he is not called up even during the war period.
An additional examination is carried out if the military medical commission questions the reliability of the presented diagnosis. Information about the state of health reflected in medical documents (indicators from tests, survey data) may also raise doubts. A repeated examination is carried out to clarify the existing diagnosis.
Repeated diagnostics should be carried out free of charge. If you require payment for doctors' services, you must file a complaint with the main military commissariat of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or the prosecutor's office.
What does category B mean?
Minor health problems are observed in many young people, while most diseases do not interfere with service. Only the chances of being drafted into a certain branch of the military are limited. Thus, the assignment of B-3 and 4 will become an obstacle to enlistment in the Marine Corps or in landing troops where excellent physical shape is required.
The number following the letter B indicates the type of army, unit, subdivision where a particular conscript can serve due to health reasons. This is a kind of indicator of purpose. Suitability B has four gradations. The higher the number, the more restrictions in choosing a place of service. Restrictions mainly relate to the intensity of physical training.
Categories B-1 and B-2
These two modifications include minor health problems in the form of some chronic diseases, provided that they have not worsened for several years. These deviations do not lead to systemic dysfunctions and do not prevent full service in the army.
Assignment to the B-1 makes it possible to serve in such troops as:
- Marines;
- Airborne or Airborne Forces units;
- special forces units;
- border troops.
B-2 provides minor restrictions, but the choice may well please the conscript. These are troops such as:
- underwater and surface marine fleet;
- tank forces;
- You can also drive and control self-propelled guns and engineering vehicles.
Indicators of purpose 1 and 2 indicate good physical data and suitable parameters in terms of anthropometry. More details about the indicators can be found in the Disease Schedule. Here you can find out about the health requirements from the corresponding plate.
Category B3
This modification combines the largest number of pathologies displayed in the Schedule. This includes minor dysfunctions of individual organs and systems, as well as previously cured diseases and residual manifestations of diseases, injuries, and fractures. Intense physical activity is contraindicated for conscripts of this group, so they do not serve in all troops.
- chemical troops, fuel and lubricants units;
- for anti-aircraft missile systems, management and maintenance;
- internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
- to the crew of an armored personnel carrier or infantry fighting vehicle;
- missile units - control of launchers.
Conscripts included in this group are required to General requirements health is lower than those who were assigned A or B1, 2.
Category B3: physical data
In addition, an important indicator for conscripts is the absence of even a slight impairment in color vision. The recruit must clearly distinguish colors.
Category B4
A citizen can serve in those military units and units that require security and defense, for example, at missile systems. Service in radio engineering units is possible.
Category B4: health indicators
The color vision requirements remain the same as in the previous category. Colorblindness is the main reason why people are not accepted into the army.
Changing the fitness category
Often, in pursuit of meeting set standards, military registration and enlistment office employees may assign category B-3 or B-4 instead of the required non-conscription category. This can happen if the diagnosis of the disease is borderline, at the limit of error of research instruments or analysis of results.
This problem can be solved in several ways.
Additional examination. They resort to it if a health examination certificate has not been issued. It is necessary to request a referral for re-examination. In this case, you should pay attention to the list of examinations, because it may be intentionally incomplete. Lack of information about the disease can lead to an incorrect diagnosis, which in turn will affect the assignment in favor of the draft board. You need to know what research needs to be done to establish the correct conclusion. In addition, it is worth paying attention to the doctor’s entry in the card and the report form.
Appealing the category to a higher draft commission. An appeal should be sent to a higher authority after additional examination has not brought the desired result. An application is written for an in-person control medical examination (CMC).
Going to court. If the decision of the KMO is also unsatisfactory, then contacting an independent body may help the matter. To do this, you need to have a good understanding of the provisions of the federal law “On Military Duty and military service", know the provisions of the Schedule of Diseases, and also navigate Russian legislation. But it is best to seek help from a lawyer.
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How to decipher fitness category B4? First of all, you should study the list of conscription categories. In this way, the citizen will know where he will be sent to serve. To issue permission to join the army, you must pass a commission. It is important to emphasize: if a conscript tries to evade conscription, he may face criminal or administrative liability.
In some cases, deferment or release from service is permitted. To do this, the conscript turns to a specialized company whose employees protect his interests. To be sent to the army, you need to undergo a medical examination, the process can be very lengthy. It is important for a conscript to know that transfer from the reserve to a category is impossible.
How is conscription carried out?
When a potential employee appears at the military registration and enlistment office, the fitness category is determined during the examination process. As a rule, it shows exactly where to assign the conscript. There are five categories of conscription, they are designated by the letters A, B, C, D, D. Some designations provide restrictions for employees. Fitness category B is assigned if a person has minor health difficulties, but they do not prevent him from serving; such ailments may include myopia. Conscripts with category B are often sent to special forces of the Russian Armed Forces. It is important to know the meaning of the number 4; in any case, it indicates fitness for military service (taking into account where and to what position the citizen will be sent).
If it is necessary to be sent to a radio engineering unit, the conscript must have good visual acuity of 0.5/0.1 and a whispered speech of 5:5. To direct combat forces into defense missile systems a citizen must meet certain criteria and his visual acuity must be within 0.5/0.1. In some cases, you can appeal the decision of the military registration and enlistment office and upgrade your category. Sometimes a citizen is not accepted into the Marine Corps and Border Guard Forces, but his responsibilities are not limited to employment in law enforcement agencies.
- B4 - means that a citizen is sent to guard missile systems. There is a possibility that the conscript will be sent to radio engineering units to guard special structures.
- B3 are guard services. A conscript can be in chemical units, crews of infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, self-propelled guns, as well as in anti-aircraft missile systems.
- B2 is a category indicating belonging to the artillery. Tankers and workers in submarines are called up for military service.
- B1 - special forces, Border Service, Airborne Forces and Marine Corps.
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B3 and B4: main differences
One of the most common is category B3. Such citizens can become soldiers in the crews of armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, drivers of launchers, serve in military guard services and be specialists responsible for storing fuel. It is impossible to independently identify the reasons that will serve as the reason for evading the army. The suitability category can be changed, but this happens when it is sent again for diagnostics. A potential employee undergoes a series of examinations, during which his physical and mental health is analyzed, and then a fitness category is assigned. To correctly indicate it, it is necessary to use a digital breakdown. It is an indicator of whether a conscript can perform certain tasks and how he can be used by branch of the military.
Military service is associated not only with the defense of the homeland, but also with increased physical activity, which is why certain requirements have been established for the health of military personnel.
After all, defenders of the fatherland must not only shoot accurately, but also move quickly, and also master hand-to-hand combat techniques, which presupposes sufficient training and good health.
However, in view of the fact that military service involves many varieties of military professions, a scale of suitability for service has been developed at the legislative level in order to attract citizens to defend their homeland due to their physical capabilities.
What it is
In accordance with the law, every citizen of the Russian Federation, and foreign citizen also have the right to enroll in military service. At the same time, taking into account that there are quite a lot of military professions, as well as branches of the military, and applicants have different levels of physical fitness and health status system developed, which implies determining the state of readiness of the future soldier to perform duties.
That is, in essence, suitability category are a scale that determines the readiness and ability of an individual for military service, taking into account his state of health, existing knowledge and level of physical fitness. For example, the category of limited fitness includes applicants who, due to health conditions, cannot be drafted into the army in peacetime, but in case of an emergency they can be called upon to serve in a civilian specialty.
Classification
According to the standards defined in Part 2 of Article 5.1 of Federal Law No. 53, the following fitness categories for military service:
Indicators of purpose
At the same time, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Government Decree No. 565, assignments have also been developed for each category, assigned after examination in accordance with the approved ones and which are taken into account when sending conscripts to certain types of troops or when appointing them to a particular position.
In particular, the stipulated Resolution No. 565 contains a list of major diseases, covering diseases internal organs, and problems with the musculoskeletal system, and psychological level perception of reality, not to mention the presence of viral infections or genetic abnormalities.
Also within the specified norm a scale of basic physical indicators is given in terms of requirements for service in certain troops. In particular, weight and height are indicated, as well as permissible deviations in hearing and vision, not to mention previous injuries and diseases that may affect the future soldier’s ability to perform certain functions already during the performance of his immediate duties.
Category A
Moreover, in most cases, upon receiving the specified category, future military personnel can quite deservedly count on serving in elite troops, such as the landing force and the marine corps.
At the same time, taking into account that in principle there are no ideally healthy people, this class is further divided into four subgroups, which make it possible to determine the ability of future soldiers to serve in various troops.
In particular, A1 is the highest score, which is assigned not only for health reasons, but also for external indicators, such as height and weight, given that height is as important for paratroopers as vision for tankers. For example, to qualify for the airborne troops, the height of the applicant must be no lower than 170 cm and no higher than 185 cm, while the weight must be within 90 kg, and not classified as obesity of the 2nd degree. Also, the future paratrooper must be able to distinguish whispered speech within 6 meters, and therefore have perfect hearing.
Second degree assigned if the future soldier is ideally healthy at the time of examination, but in accordance with medical documents, he previously suffered a serious illness or broken bones, but without further deterioration in his general health and contraindications to engaging in certain activities. With A2, the conscript can be involved in tank or missile forces, and also serve on submarines, of course, subject to the weight and height indicators described above.
Upon receipt third degree This implies some deviations in the state of health, in particular in vision, which does not require special adjustments and treatment, which is inherent when the visual field is limited to 20 degrees. Conscripts classified in this category can be drafted into the internal troops, as well as serve in the chemical or missile forces.
AND fourth degree assigned for vision problems exceeding 20 degrees, but provided that other indicators of the soldier’s physical condition are normal, not to mention standard weight and height. At the same time, A4 implies that the conscript can be involved in any other troops, except those mentioned above, without any restrictions.
B
Category B is assigned if a conscript or serviceman has certain deviations in physical health, as a result of which the occupation of certain positions is contraindicated or not permissible.
And given that almost all conscripts have health problems to one degree or another, the majority of employees end up in category B, distributed according to their assignment indicators.
So in particular, B1 assigned if a military personnel suffers from an allergy or other mild disease that is not characterized by a persistent loss of physical skills to perform certain actions. Therefore, employees classified as B1 can also be enrolled in assault brigades, and to the border troops.
Category B2 also assumes minor deviations in the general state of health and does not lead to significant restrictions, because with a small percentage of vision loss, a future soldier can quite successfully be recognized in the surface fleet and tank crew, not to mention the national guard or engineering troops Oh.
B3 already imposes some restrictions, which are expressed in the same degree of an allergic reaction, loss of vision or hearing, not to mention excess weight or previous injuries. If the specified category is established, the conscript will not be able to become a paratrooper or submariner, but he will be gladly enlisted in radio operators or escort brigades, as well as in the chemical or engineering troops.
B4, in fact, is practically the last chance to be drafted into the army, given that when establishing the specified category, significant deviations in the general physical condition of conscripts are observed. Thus, in particular, employees may be left with the consequences of previous injuries, poor vision or hearing, as well as excess weight or small in stature. In such a situation, the conscript, as a rule, serves in the security units of radio installations, in the communications and radio engineering troops, or in units specializing in special structures.
IN
Category B is assigned if the future soldier has a permanent loss of health that prevents him from serving at full capacity precisely in army conditions, which imply readiness to serve almost around the clock, not to mention physical exertion.
As a rule, in the presence of such deviations, they are not involved in military service, but are sent to the reserve with the condition that during military operations the citizen will be called upon to perform his duty along with all other employees in accordance with the military specialty, which is assigned according to his education at the time examination or skills.
That is, in fact, in peacetime, a conscript can repay his debt to his homeland by serving in the same hospital as an orderly or as a volunteer among the elderly, not to mention working in a factory producing parts or other things necessary in everyday life. In wartime, a soldier with a similar fitness category may be called up to work in military factories.
G
Category G is assigned to a conscript by a medical commission if the future soldier at the time of the examination suffered a serious injury or illness and, accordingly, to restore health he needs a certain time, by means of a delay, for example, for six months.
That is, in essence, the agreed group is an interim decision, which, after the conscript’s recovery, will be changed to A, B or C, depending on the results of treatment and prognoses of future capacity.
D
This category assumes that a citizen unfit for military service under any circumstances and at any time, regardless of further treatment, emergency situations or other circumstances.
After all, for example, being disabled mental disorder, a citizen is unlikely to ever be aware of the consequences of his actions or the need to use certain strategic steps.
Procedure for challenging
Despite the fact that the prerogative in determining the fitness category is assigned to the medical commissions, conscripts also have the right, in particular, to appeal the decision in case of disagreement.
After all, receiving category D, for example, reflects not only the state of health, but in some cases can become an obstacle to employment in a prestigious job, given that employers rarely think about what illness caused the refusal to enlist.
That is why a person who does not agree with the decision of the commission is given the right to receive an examination report and a referral to re-pass the medical commission based on the submitted application.
The following video describes the classification of conscripts’ fitness for health reasons:
Fitness category “B4” is assigned when the conscript is fit for duty military service with restrictions on types of troops. In this article we will talk about how the fitness category “B4” is established, illnesses and diseases that provide restrictions on loads, and also consider the procedure for changing the fitness category. In addition, we will dwell on which troops can recruit a conscript if the draft commission has assigned him this fitness category. This information may be useful to all young men who will have to undergo a medical examination at the military registration and enlistment office in 2018.
What does category “B4” mean?
Health category “B4” means that during a medical examination the conscript was diagnosed with an illness that does not prevent conscription for military service. This may be second-degree flatfoot, second-degree scoliosis, or deformity chest second degree. A complete list of diseases can be found by reading the “Schedule of Diseases,” which is publicly available. This document provides complete information on the basis of which diseases the category “B4” is established in the army, restrictions on physical activity and ways to obtain a legal deferment for the treatment of identified disorders.
It should be noted that the “B4” health level does not imply any problems when finding a job or obtaining a driver’s license after returning from the Armed Forces Russian Federation. For example, if a young man had a “B4” mark in the army, then in the future he can work in law enforcement agencies or in private organizations involved in the protection of various objects and ensuring access control. In addition, the young man will be able to obtain permission to store and carry weapons.
Who assigns health category “B4”
Fitness for military service is determined during a medical examination. This examination is carried out by qualified doctors. According to the requirements of the law “On Military Duty and Military Service,” they do not have the right to independently make a diagnosis. Their powers include only recording the fact of the presence of one or another health disorder in a conscript. The medical commission makes its conclusions on the basis of the submitted documents - medical certificates and extracts. Therefore, in the presence of any diseases that can affect the degree of suitability, it is necessary to prepare in advance the entire package of documents confirming the diagnosis and treatment. The fact is that military service is associated with serious physical exertion. If a conscript has been assigned the wrong category, which does not correspond to his suitability, then during his service he may face a number of problems.
Anthropometric and health standards for a conscript who has been assigned category “B4”:
- the height of the conscript must be up to 180 centimeters;
- corrected visual acuity should be from 0.5 to 0.1 diopters;
- the conscript must be able to distinguish whispered speech at a distance of five meters;
- The conscript must not have color vision impairments.
In the event that doctors cannot decide what degree of fitness a conscript has, or they have doubts about the correctness of the diagnosis, they can send the young man for additional examination. You should not be afraid of the procedure, as this is done in order to find out which category to assign based on the findings of doctors working in a clinical hospital. During the examination, the conscript must undergo in-depth diagnostics. After this, the young man provides the military registration and enlistment office with data confirming the presence of any pathology. Having studied this information, members of the draft commission conduct a re-discussion so that the category of a certain suitability fully corresponds to the conclusions of the doctors responsible for performing the re-examination.
Category “B4” - where will they be sent to serve?
With the “B4” category, young men are sent to the army, who can serve as specialists in the security and defense of combat missile systems. Service in these units does not involve such heavy loads that can be found in airborne troops or in air assault battalions. In addition, if a conscript receives a “B4” fitness category, he can go to serve in military communications units that do not impose too high demands on the health of military personnel. During service in such units, a recruit can become a communications specialist who understands the various technical means used to communicate between military units.
Is it possible to change “B4” to another category?
If necessary, the health level “B4” can be changed. To do this, you need to contact experienced lawyers who will help you correctly draw up and submit an application to the courts. Lawyers who are well versed in federal law“On conscription and military service” will answer in detail all questions about what category “B4” is, what troops and what restrictions apply to conscripts.