Marina Bekalo reported that a conscript who cannot perform certain functions due to an amputation may receive the status of "limitedly fit for wartime.".
According to the new law on mobilization, Ukrainian conscripts must update their data at the Territorial Military Commissariats by July 16. Men with certain health problems may receive a deferral from mobilization.
Lawyer Marina Bekalo explained that individuals with amputated fingers or toes can count on a deferral according to the Schedule of Diseases, Article 62. This schedule includes acquired deformities and defects of the fingers and toes (S60-69, S90-99), acquired deformities of the limbs (T11, T13, T92, T93), acquired flat feet (M20-M21), and fibroblastic disorders (M72).
The absence of several fingers or phalanges of the fingers, as well as other types of amputations or defects, is considered a “minor functional impairment” or “moderate functional impairment,” the lawyer noted. However, in both cases, a doctor’s examination and an individual determination of the degree of fitness for military service are important. If a conscript cannot perform certain functions due to an amputation, he may be recognized as “limitedly fit for wartime,” but this does not exclude the possibility of mobilization.
“From practice, I can say that even with limited fitness, military commissariats are in no hurry to mobilize people with hand (or foot) deformities, because this becomes a problem for the army itself and for the person himself,” added Marina Bekalo.
In the project “Icelandia” in the section “10 Stupid Questions for the Military Medical Commission,” a doctor from the military medical commission, Mykola Anatoliyovych, explained that the absence of certain fingers, for example, the index finger, is not a reason for declaring a person unfit for service. He also noted that the absence of four fingers on one hand is also not a reason for dismissal from service.
