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a. The following information will be included in requests for duty assignments for officers other than general
officers and warrant officers:
(1) Name, grade, and SSN.
(2) Branch of Service for Judge Advocate General’s Corps and Chaplain Corps officers, corps for AMEDD officers,
and control branch for others.
(3) Category and expiration date.
(4) Amount of leave desired, if any.
(5) Estimated date of completion of hospitalization.
(6) Physical profile and assignment limitations, if any.
b. Enlisted personnel will be reported to AHRC according to instructions in AR 614-200.
c. In exceptional circumstances, it may not be possible to predict the date of return to duty within the 15-day time
requirement. Assignment instructions will be requested from AHRC through the most expeditious means available.
d. When a patient is to be returned to other than full duty, the request for assignment instructions will state the type
of disposition recommended. It will also contain the following information as appropriate:
(1) The date on which the person will revert to full duty or the date of return to an MTF for examination, treatment,
or reevaluation.
(2) The type and degree of functional impairment involved and any control measures which should be considered in
a duty assignment.
(3) The type(s) of duty recommended.
(4) Geographic or climatic assignment limitation recommended.
(5) Physical limitation to POR qualification.
(6) Status of any applications for compassionate reassignment submitted under AR 614-100 for officer personnel
and AR 614-200 for enlisted personnel.
(7) Whether the current medical condition may result in removal or denial of security clearance.
(8) Patient’s preference for area of assignment.
e. When a person cannot be assigned as directed within 30 days after the previously estimated date of completion of
hospitalization, this information will be sent by electrical message, facsimile, or other electronic means to the office
that issued the assignment instructions. The message will include a reference to the initial request for assignment
instructions.
8–11. Duty for assigned patients awaiting orders in CONUS
a. Assignment instructions may not have yet been received when a patient is released from the WTU. In this case,
the MTF commander will issue orders attaching the patient to duty with a unit designated by the installation
commander. When this is not medically sound, the MTF commander may place the person on duty with the MTF duty
unit (see AR 635-40). Such a person will not be charged against the MTF personnel allotment or manning table.
b. The CONUS installation commanders will designate (regardless of command jurisdiction) a unit where the MTF
commander may place patients on duty where their abilities can be used. Preferably, these units will be other than
MTFs, but will be located as near to the MTF as possible.
8–12. Disposition of patients in overseas military treatment facility
A recovered patient in an overseas MTF will be returned to duty under instructions issued by the major overseas
commander. For MTFs in Alaska and Hawaii, instructions will be issued by AHRC.
8–13. Separation of enlisted personnel assigned to a warrior transition unit
Army regulation 635–200 addresses special separation provisions.
8–14. Disposition of non-mobilized Reserve Component personnel
Inpatient non-mobilized RC personnel on AD orders for 30 days or more will not be assigned to the WTU. When their
orders are for 30 days or fewer and not approved for ADME status, they will not be assigned to the WTU. Such
Soldiers can remain in an MTF in a patient status and draw pay and allowances or, with the Soldier’s consent, be
continued on active duty while being treated for an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated in the line of duty
(see AR 135-381). Non-mobilized RC Soldiers on AD orders for 31 days or more may be extended on AD upon
recommendation of their physician.
8–15. Performance of duty while in patient status
The WTU Soldiers may be assigned temporary duties in and about the MTF or in a unit or local post when such duties
do not interfere with their availability for medical care requirements. All Soldiers will be considered for disability
separation evaluation referral within 1 year of the diagnosis of their medical condition if they are unlikely to return to
military duty. The MTF commander may make exceptions for those patients requiring treatment unique to those
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