Marina Bekalo reported that a conscript who, due to amputation, cannot perform certain functions, can receive the status of "limited use in 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 can get a deferment from mobilization.
Lawyer Maryna Bekalo explained that persons with amputated fingers or toes can count on a postponement according to the Schedule of Diseases, Art. 62. This schedule includes acquired deformities and defects of the fingers and toes (S60-69, S90-99), acquired limb deformities (T11, T13, T92, T93), acquired flat feet (M20-M21), and fibroblastic disorders (M72).
The absence of several fingers or phalanges of fingers, as well as other types of amputations or defects, is considered as "minor impairment of functions" or "moderate impairment of functions", noted the lawyer. However, in both cases, a doctor's examination and individual determination of the degree of fitness for military service is 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.
"I can say from practice that even with limited fitness, military commissariats are in no hurry to mobilize persons with hand (or foot) deformities, because it becomes a problem for the army itself and for the person himself," added Marina Bekalo.
In the project "Iceland" in the column "10 stupid questions for the VLK", doctor from the military medical commission Mykola Anatoliyovych explained that the absence of certain fingers, for example, the index finger, is not a reason to declare 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.
