Manual of the Medical Department (NAVMED P-117): Chapter 15: Medical Examinations: Physical Standards

15-51 Scapulae, Sternum, Clavicles, and Ribs

Department of the Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

(a) Fractures, until well-healed, and until determined that the residuals thereof will not preclude the satisfactory performance of military duty.

(b) Injury within the preceding 6 weeks, without fracture, or dislocation, of more than a minor nature.

(c) Osteomyelitis or suppurative periostitis of rib, sternum, clavicle, or scapula.

(d) Prominent (pectus carinatum or depressed (pectus excavatum) scapulae interfering with function or with the wearing of the military uniform or military equipment or other congenital or acquired deformities of the chest wall that reduce the chest capacity or diminish respiratory or cardiac function to a degree that interferes with vigorous exertion.