USAF HPSP pitfalls

After spending 13 years enlisted, 8 of it AD, in aviation maintenance I entered a US MD program on an HPSP scholarship. During April of my second year I was diagnosed with NHL after presenting with back pain and pending paraplegia. I underwent an emergent laminectomy followed by EBRT and chemotherapy. January of my fourth year I was notified that my scholarship was being terminated for being unfit to serve. I was never allowed to meet a medical board. I graduated with my class and completed... Read more
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