Thousands of decisions have been overturned: the head of the Central VLK discusses the reevaluation of medical assessments.

The number of reviewed dubious conclusions from military medical commissions in recent months has reached tens of thousands. A significant portion of these conclusions has been annulled.

This was reported by the head of the Central Military Medical Commission of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel of the Medical Service Dmytro Myroshnychenko, in a comment to "Telegraph" during a press conference on December 20.

"Since last year, a large-scale campaign led by law enforcement agencies has been ongoing to identify violations that resulted in the exclusion from military records of individuals, Ukrainian citizens, who should not have been excluded. Criminal cases are being opened, documents are seized, and sent to the relevant military medical commissions, including to me at the Central Military Medical Commission, where we review them if there are grounds… Currently, tens of thousands of such decisions have been reviewed, and thousands of them have been annulled", — Myroshnychenko told the "Telegraph".

The head of the Central Military Medical Commission also emphasized that the process of re-evaluating military medical commissions for active servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who were previously recognized as partially fit for service, is successfully ongoing (note that changes to the law "On Mobilization Preparation and Mobilization" stipulate mandatory re-evaluation by military medical commissions for those who previously had the status of "partially fit" due to the cancellation of that status, — editor.).

"Among active servicemen, over 83% have already undergone this medical examination. In areas of direct combat operations, this figure is even higher, because we have focused our main efforts on individuals performing various tasks within units. Therefore, in such areas, over 90% of those who should be re-evaluated have already completed this medical examination", — emphasized Dmytro Myroshnychenko.

He added that by December 2024 – January 2025, this process among active servicemen should be fully completed.

At the same time, according to Myroshnychenko, the situation regarding the re-evaluation by military medical commissions for those who previously received the status of partially fit but are not currently in service (for example, are reservists) is worse. This is due to the fact that, firstly, there are significantly more such individuals than active servicemen, and secondly, the military medical commissions are considerably overloaded.

"According to our data, the process is ongoing, people are being reviewed monthly, but considering that the commissions are already burdened with daily work examining individuals being mobilized into the Armed Forces, the numbers are somewhat lower… The process continues dynamically, but due to the large number, it is not possible to review them as quickly as we did in the Armed Forces for objective reasons", — stated the head of the Central Military Medical Commission of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

He also refrained from commenting on the possible consequences for individuals who do not manage to re-evaluate by the military medical commission before February 5, 2025, as this question is beyond his competence. It should be noted that, according to lawyers, if a reservist who previously held the status of partially fit and was directed by the military recruitment center for re-evaluation does not complete this by February 5, 2025, they may face responsibility – both administrative and criminal, in accordance with current legislation.

The chairman of the Central Military Medical Commission touched upon the issue of exclusion from military records of individuals recognized as unfit for military service. According to Myroshnychenko, this matter is now clearly regulated by Law 3363.

"We've received a lot of questions — will these individuals (recognized by the military medical commission as unfit for military service, — editor.) be excluded from military records, or not? If we look at the law "On Military Duty and Military Service," and go down to Article 37, it clearly states in paragraph 3 of part 6 that individuals recognized as unfit for military service are subject to exclusion from military records in regional, district, and territorial recruitment centers. In my opinion, the law is clearly regulated. Unfit individuals are subject to exclusion", – concluded the chairman of the Central Military Medical Commission.