defence services regulations pension regulations for the army

50CHAPTER-IVPROCEDURE FOR HOLDING RELEASE MEDICAL BOARD, RE-ASSESSMENT MEDICAL BOARD DOCUMENTATION AND ENTITLEMENTDECISION FOR DISABILITY PENSION ANDSPECIAL FAMILY PENSION.MEDICAL EXAMINATION PRIOR TO RELEASE/RETIREMENT/DISCHARGE64. (a) All ranks are required to be medically examined by a medical Officer prior torelease, retirement, discharge, on completion of tenure or service limit orrelease/discharge at their own request vide paras 391(a) and 418(e) of Regulation forMedical Services for Armed Forces, 1983. Such medical examination will be conductedby the authorised medical attendant (Resident Medical Officer/Staff Surgeon) and thereport will be recorded on the Form AFMSF-18 in quadruplicate. The OfficerCommanding unit will ensure that the individual is medically examined by the medicalOfficer or brought before a medical board prior to release. If an individual is proceedingon leave pending retirement this may be conducted before he proceeds on such leave. Theindividuals who are in SHAPE-1/Category ‘AYE’ will be required to undergo only aRelease Medical Examination whereas those who are in low medical category willundergo a Release Medical Board.(b) In such cases individual should be sent to his Authorised Medical Attendantwell before his discharge/proceeding to Depot Battalion, who will arrange for theMedical Board at the nearest service hospital. A Release Medical Board can be held, inadvance, by 8 months to the date of release from service. The proceedings of the medicalboard will be recorded on form AFMSF-16 in addition to Release Medical Examinationreport AFMSF-18 in quintuplicate. In order to help in the proper assessment of the awardof attributability/aggravation in connection with the consideration of disability/familypension claims, AFMSF-18 will also be initiated by the hospital in quintuplicate at thetime of Release Medical Board of low medical category personnel and sent to OfficerCommanding Unit for completion and return. Release Medical Board Proceedings(AFMSF-16) in respect of personnel released in low medical category will, however, beapproved by the next higher medical authority of the Area/Div/Corps/Command withinone month of the date of Release Medical Board and disposed off.Pension Regulations for the Army, Part II (2008)