I have a heart murmor called ventrical regurge, should i have been made to deplo!

I have a heart murmor called ventrical regurge, should i have been made to deploy to iraq?

During my first few months of service I collapsed and now have a heart murmor. It was diagnosised as ventrical regurge. One ventricle in my heart doesn't close completely and allows blood to flow back into another chamber. They said it was because of drinking on the weekend . It was diagnosised after i complained of sharp chest pain and the doctor gave me echocardiogram and an ekg reading. The pyshican said my ekg was abnormal and if i was 30 he would have been worried. since then I have never gotten my wind back and it still never feels right in my chest. Every time I run it is in the back of my head that some thing might be wrong and that the stress of military life could be making things worse. Right as I was getting these test we were gearing up to deploy. And I suspect during peace time I would have been discharged but was unfairly kept to keep up unit strength.Should I have had to deploy, and when I get back should I see them and a civilian doctor again and fight for a discharge

First, I think you may have the name of the condition wrong. There is no such thing as ventricular regurgitation. There is mitral regurgitation, aortic regurgitation, pulmonic regurgitation, tricuspid regurgitation. Each represents a condition where the valve doesn't close completely. As far as whether it should keep you off duty, it depends on how bad it is. Typically though, if it's clinically bad it would prevent you from even mildy exerting yourself, you might develop shortness of breath, chest pain, etc. If you are able to run around without developing physical symptoms, odds are it isn't too bad.

Alternatively you might have a "ventricular septal defect". In this case, your valves are fine, but there's a small hole inside your heart that allows blood to go from one chamber to another. Whether it's a problem depends on how large the hole is. If it's a small hole, it probably doesn't matter, but a large hole could cause problems.

A few murmurs would be concerning for the chance of sudden death. These would include the one caused by Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy. That's usually what kills those young high school football players that never had any health problems and suddenly drop dead. I'm pretty sure they would not let you serve if that were the case.

Of course, many murmurs are completely innocent too, and have no impact. If I were you, I would get a copy of your echocardiogram to a civilian physician. He/she might be able to give you a second opinion.

And, I don't see how drinking on the weekends can cause a murmur-- murmurs are caused by physical defects in the valve, usually. Drinking alcohol should not affect the integrity of the valve.