Appendix V
Guidelines with regard to Physical Standards for Candidates for Combined
Defence Services Examination.
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Note
: Candidates
must be Physically fit According to the prescribed Physical standards. The
standards of Medical Fitness and the guidelines for the same are given below.
A Number of qualified candidates are rejected
subsequently on Medical grounds. candidates are therefore advised in their own
interest to get themselves medically examined before submitting their
applications to avoid disappointment at the final stage.
1.
A Candidate recommended by the Services Selection Board will undergo a medical
examination by a Board of Service Medical Officers. Women cadidates will undergo
Medical Examination by a Medical
Board comprising male/ female doctos/ specialists/ Gynaeocologist. There will be
a lady Medical Officer as member of Board. Only those candidates will be
admitted to the Academy who are declared fit by the Medical Board. However, the
candidates declared unfit will be intimated by the President of the Medical
Board and procedure for request for an Appeal Medical Board (AMB) will also be
intimated to the candidate.
Candidates
who are unfit may apply for Appeal Medical Board (AMB) to be completed within 42
days of SMB and may request for Review Medical Board (RMB) within one day of
completion of Appeal Medical Board.
Candidates
declared unfit by AMB will be intimated by the President AMB about procedure of
challenging the findings of AMB. The candidates will also be intimated that
holding Review Medical Board (RMB) will be granted at the discretion of DGAFMS
based on the merit of the case and that RMB is not a matter of right. Candidates
shall automatically report to the hospital opted by them on any working day,
keeping in view, the time taken by Postal authorities to deliver their Medical
document at the Hospital for medical examination. No call shall be given by the
opted hospital and no correspondence in this regard shall be entertained. The
candidate must be physically fit according to the prescribed physical standards
which are summarised below :
(a)
The candidate must be in good physical and mental health and free from any
disease/disability which is likely to interfere with the efficient performance
of duties
(b) There should be no evidence of weak constitution, bodily defects or over
weight.
(c) The minimum acceptable height for Male candidate is 157.5 cms. (157 cms for
Navy and 162.5 cms for Air Force). For women candidtes minimum acceptable height
is 152 cms. For Gorkhas and individuals belonging to hills of North Eastern
region of India, Garhwali and Kumaon, the Minimum acceptable height will be 5
cms less. In case of candidates from Lakshadweep, the minimum acceptable height
can be reduced by 2 cms for males and females candidates.
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These
concessions are not applicable for Navy and Air Force. Height and weight
standards are given below :
Height
and Weight Standards (Males)
Height
in
Weight
in Kgs.
Centimetres
(Without
years
years
years
152......................
......................... 44*..........................
46.......................... 47
155......................
.......................... 46......................
48@.......................... 49
157......................
.......................... 47..........................
49.......................... 50
160......................
.......................... 48..........................
50.......................... 51
162......................
.......................... 50..........................
52.......................... 52
165......................
.......................... 52..........................
53.......................... 55
168......................
.......................... 53..........................
55.......................... 57
170......................
.......................... 55..........................
57.......................... 58
173......................
.......................... 57..........................
59.......................... 60
175......................
.......................... 59..........................
61.......................... 62
178......................
.......................... 60..........................
62.......................... 63
180......................
.......................... 63..........................
64.......................... 65
183......................
.......................... 65..........................
67.......................... 67
185......................
.......................... 67..........................
69.......................... 70
188......................
.......................... 70..........................
71.......................... 72
190......................
.......................... 72..........................
73.......................... 74
193......................
.......................... 74..........................
76.......................... 77
195......................
.......................... 77..........................
78.......................... 78
*45
for Navy @ 47 for Navy
A + 10% (for Navy) departure from the average
weight given in the Table above is to be considered within normal limit.
However, in individuals with heavy bones and broad built as well as individuals
with thin built but otherwise healthy this may be relaxed to some extent on
merit.
The acceptable weight for Air Force candidates will
be + 10% of the average weight given above.
Height
and Weight Standards (Females)
Height
in
Weight
in Kgs.
Centimetres
(Without
years
years
years
150......................
.......................... 39..........................
41.......................... 43
153......................
.......................... 40........................
47.2....................... 43.5
155......................
.......................... 43..........................
44.......................... 46
158......................
.......................... 45..........................
46.......................... 48
160......................
.......................... 46..........................
47.......................... 49
163......................
.......................... 47..........................
49.......................... 51
165......................
.......................... 49..........................
51.......................... 53
168......................
.......................... 50..........................
52.......................... 54
(d) In your own interest you are advised to undergo a preliminary medical check up for wax in ears, refractory error of eyes, fungal infection of skin and also gynaecomasties etc for female candidates before reporting for the SSB interview.
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(e) Chest should be healthy. The minimum range of expansion after full
inspiration should be 5 cms. In ercording the measurements, fraction of less
than 0.5 cm will be ignored, 0.5 cm
will be recorded as suc and 0.6 cm and above will be recorded as 1 cm. X-Ray of
the chest is compulsory and will be taken to rule out any disease of the chest.
(f) There should be no disease of bones and joints of the body.
(g) A candidate should have no past history of mental breakdown or fits.
(h) The hearing should be normal. A candidate should be able to hear a forced
whisper with each ear at a distance of 610 cms. in a quiet room. There should be
no evidence of present or past disease of the ear, nose and throat.
(i) There should be no sign of functional or organic disease of the heart and
blood vessel. Blood pressure should be normal.
(j) The muscles of abdomen should be well developed and there should be no
enlargement of liver or spleen. Any evidence of disease of internal
organs of the abdomen will be a
cause for rejection.
(k) Un-operated hernias will make a candidate
unfit. If operated, this should have been done at least 1 year prior to the
present examination and healing is completed.
(l) There should be no hydrocele, varicocele or piles.
(m) Urine examination will be done and any abnormality, if detected will be a
cause for rejection.
(n) Any disease of the skin which is likely to cause disability or disfigurement
will also be a cause for rejection.
(o) A candidate should be able to read 6/6 in a distant vision chart with
each eye with or without glasses (For navy and Air Force without glasses only)
Myopia should not be more than 3.5D and hypermetropia not more than 3.5D
including Astigmatism. For women
candidates the minimum acceptable visual acuity are : Distant vision (corrected)
better eye 6/6 worse 6/18, Myopia
of not more than minus 5.5 including Astogination. Internal examination of the
eye will be done by means of ophthalmoscope to rule out any disease of the eye.
A candidate must have good binocular vision. The colour vision standard will be
CP-III. A candidate should be able to recognise red and green colours.
(p) For women candidates if
pregnancy is detected at any stage, after selection at SSB or during trainign
will debar the candidates including issue less widow divorcee from grant of
commission.
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Radial keratotomy and Laser
Surgery : Candidates
who have undergone or have the evidence of having undergone Radial Keratotomy,
to improve the visual acuity, will be permanently rejected for all the three
services.
In orer to detect PRK/LASIK all the candidates at
SMB will be subjected to the measurement of Axial length by A-Scan biometer.
Candidates
who have undergone Laser Surgery
for correction of refractive error will be considered for commission in Army if
they fulfill following criteria :-
(i)
Age more than 20 years.
(ii)
Uncomplicated stable LASIK/Excimer (PRK) laser procedure done for Myopia or
Hypermetropia, with stable refraction for a period of six months after the
procedure.
(iii) A healthy retina.
(iv) Corrected vision should be 6/6 in better eye and 6/9 in worse eye, with
maximum residual refraction of + 1.50
in any meridian for myopia or hypermetropia.
(v) Axial length within permissible limits.
Notes :
The candidates will be asked to declare at the time of medical examination that
he has undergone LASER procedure as above. He will be subjected to a
thorough corneal and retinal evaluation by the ophthalmologist. However, he will
be declared unfit at the SMB and those found to be within the acceptable limits
for approval as above will be advised to undergo an Appeal Med. Board. During
AMB he will be subjected to a thorough corneal and retinal evaluation as also
scrutiny of the records by a Senior Adviser in Ophthalmology.
(q)
The candidates should have sufficient number of natural and sound teeth.
A minimum of 14 dental points will be acceptable. When 32 teeth are present, the
total dental points are 22. A candidate should not be suffering from severe
pyorrhoea.
(r) X-Ray examination of the
chest will include the lower part of cervical spine for presence of cervical
ribs. X-Ray examination of other parts of spine will be taken if the SMB
considers it necessary.
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2. In
addition to the above, the following medical standards will be applicable in
respect of Air force candidates only :
(a)
Anthropometric measurements acceptable for Air Force are as follows :
Height
162.5 cms
Leg Length
Min. 99 cms. &
Thigh Length
Max. 64 cms.
Sitting Height
Min. 81.5 cms. &
(b) X-ray
of Cervical and Lumbosacral spine will be carried out. The following conditions
detected in the X-ray will be disqualifying :
(i) Granulomatous disease of Spine.
(ii) Arthritis spondylosis.
(iii) More than mild Kyphosis/Lordosis, Scolosis more than 15" by
Cobb's method will be cause for rejection.
(iv) Spondylothesis spondylosis
(v) Herniated Nucleus Pulposus.
(vi) Compression fracture of Vertebra.
(vii) Scheuermanns Disease
(viii) Cervical Ribs with demonstrable neurological or circulatory
deficit.
(ix) Presence of Schmorl's node at more than one level.
(x) Atlanto- occipital and Atlanto-axial anomalies.
(xi) Incomplete Sacralisation unilateral or Bilateral.
(xii) Any other abnormality, if so considered by specialist.
(xiii) Spenabifida at SV1 and LV5 Leval alone or together.
Note: Candidates having any of the above mentioned spinal conditions are considered unfit for Army/Navy and Air force
(c)
Carrying angle of elbow should not be more than 100 (ten
degree).
(d) X-Ray
of Chest is compulsory.
(e)
Vision
Distant
Vision 6/6, in one eye and 6/9 Correctable to 6/6 Near Vision N-5 each eye
Colour Vision CP-1 (MLT)
Manifest
Hypermetropia must not exceed +2.00 DCYL 'Myopia-NIL' & +0.75 DCYL.
(f)
Ocular Muscle Balance
Hetrophoria
with the Maddox Rod Test must not exceed :
(i) at 6 metres Exophoria
6 prism dioptres Esophoria 6 prism dioptres Hypo-phoria/Hyperphoria 1 Prism
Dioptres.
(ii) at
33 cm Exophoria 16 prism dioptres
Esophoria 6 prism dioptres; Hypophoria/Hyperphoria 1 prism Dioptres.
Binocular
Vision-Must possess good binocular vision (fusion and stereposis with good
amplitude and depth)
(g) Hearing
Standards
(i) Speech
test : Whispered hearing 610 cms. each ear.
(ii)
Audiometric Test : Audiometric loss should not exceed + 20 db in frequencies between 250
Hz and 4000 Hz.
(h)
Routine ECG and EEG should be within normal limits.
3.
The Medical standards for candidates of Naval Aviation Branch will be the
same as for flying duties of Air Force.
4.
Detection of any disability in the course of a special test carried out
prescribed for one service, may render the candidate unfit for any other
service(s), if so considered as disqualifying by Medical Board.
5.
Physical Conditioning : Prospective candidates are advised to keep
themselves in good physical condition by following the under mentioned routine
:-
(a)
Running :
2 to 4 Km. in 15 minutes
(b)
Skipping
(c)
Pushups & : Minimum 20 each
Sit-ups
(d)
Chin ups :
Minimum 08
(e) Rope
Climbing : 3
to 4 meters.