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Recruiter's Medical Questions for You

Step 4: Meet the recruiter

Recruiter’s Medical Questions for You

If you decide to start the application process, you’ll eventually at some point in the application be given a list of questions. They are largely yes/no questions. First your recruiter will review your answers. Remember that once you officially sign up, they take your medical docs from your GP (but only after you’ve signed up). So if you have something to declare you’d be advised to dislcose it:

Have you ever had or do you now have the following (yes/no):

1. Asthma, wheezing, or inhaler use
2. Dislocated joint, including knee, hip, shoulder, elbow, ankle or other joint
3. Epilepsy, fits, seizures, or convulsions
4. Sleepwalking
5. Recurrent neck or back pain
6. Rheumatic fever
7. Foot pain
8. A swollen, painful, or dislocated joint or fluid in a joint (knee, shoulder, wrist, elbow, etc.)
9. Double vision
10. Periods of unconsciousness
11. Frequent or severe headaches causing loss of time from work or school or taking medication to prevent frequent or severe headaches
12. Wear contact lenses and/or Glasses
13. Fainting spells or passing out
14. Head injury, including skull fracture, resulting in concussion, loss of consciousness, headaches, etc.
15. Back surgery
16. Seen a psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, councillor or other professional for any reason (inpatient or outpatient) including councilling or treatment for school, family, marriage or any other problem, to include depression, or treatment for alcohol, drug or substance abuse
17. Any of the following skin diseases:
– Eczema
– Psoriasis
– Atopic dermatitis

18. Irregular heartbeat, including abnormally rapid or slow heart rates
19. Allergic to bee, wasp, or other insect stings (itching/swelling all over and/or get short of breath)
20. Heart murmur, valve problem or mitral valve prolapse
21. Allergic to wool
22. Heart surgery
23. Been rejected for military service (temporary or permanent) for medical or other reasons
24. Any other heart problems
25. High blood pressure
26. Discharged from military service for medical reasons
27. Ulcer (stomach, duodenum or other part of intestine)
28. Received disability compensation for an injury or other medical condition
29. Hepatitis (liver infection or inflammation)
30. Intestinal obstruction (locked bowels), or any other chronic or recurrent intestinal problem, including small intestine or colon problems, such as Crohn’s disease or colitis
31. Detached retina or surgery for a detached retina
32. Surgery to remove a portion of the intestine (other than the appendix)
33. Any other eye condition, injury or surgery
34. Are you over 40?
35. Gall bladder trouble or gall stones
36. Jaundice
37. Missing a kidney
38. Allergy to common food (milk, bread, eggs, meat, fish or other common food)
39. (Females only) Abnormal PAP smear or gynecological problem
40. (Males only) Missing a testicle, testicular implant, or undescended testicle
41. Broken bone requiring surgery to repair (with or without pins, plates, screws or other metal fixation devices used in repair)
42. Ruptured or bulging disk in your back or surgery for a ruptured or bulging disk
43. Thyroid condition or take medication for your thyroid
44. Limitation of motion of any joint, including knee, shoulder, wrist, elbow, hip or other joint
45. Drug or alcohol rehab
46. Kidney, urinary tract or bladder problems, surgery, stones or other urinary tract problems
47. Sugar, protein or blood in urine
48. Surgery on a bone or joint (knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, etc.) including Arthroscopy with normal findings
49. Taking any medications
50. Pain or swelling at the site of an old fracture
51. Perforated ear drum or tubes in ear drum(s)
52. Anemia
53. Ear surgery, to include mastoidectomy or repair of perforated ear drum, hearing loss or need/use a hearing aid
54. Night blindness
55. Arthritis

56. Absence or disturbance of the sense of smell
57. Anorexia or other eating disorder
58. Cracked bone or fracture(s)
59. Shoulder, knee, or elbow problem (out of place)
60. Locking of the knee or other joint
61. Giving way of knee or other joint
62. Cataracts or surgery for cataracts
63. Eye surgery, including radial keratotomy, lens implant or other eye surgery to improve your vision
64. Collapsed lung or other lung condition
75. Bed wetting since age 12
76. Evaluation, treatment, or hospitalization for alcohol abuse, dependence, or addiction
77. Taken medication, drugs, or any substance to improve attention, behavior, or physical performance
78. Do you smoke? If yes:
Type: Cigarettes – Cigars – Smokeless tobacco
– How many per day?

79. Any illnesses, surgery, or hospitalization not listed above