Its not quite as it used to be. Much of what people believe in regards to that is from stories from WWII. The bar the military recruit changes depending on the size of forces the military is trying to achieve and to fill career areas that are always short.
I was one of the first in my career field so needless to say that at that time if you could score very high on logic tests then they would consider letting you do what I did.
When I inprocessed at MEPS, there was a guy who was almost entirely deaf. The military was critically short on reefer techs and he had previous experience so he was in.
Im certainly not suggesting we start letting people carrying plagues into the military, just that the old standards dont necessarily have much bearing on what is needed today. One of these days soon video game champions regardless of their physical condition is going to be exactly what we need.
Good points, but the point of these courts obliterating the ban on HIV-infected recruits have nothing to do with special skills of those who are infected. It it making the rule instead of allowing for exceptions.