Re-referral to the VLK due to the state of health

A direct superior (from the unit commander and above) can give a referral to the VLK, as well as the management bodies/subdivisions of the Military Law and Order Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the prosecutor's office, the court, the head of the garrison, the head of the military medical institution (on the basis of the submission of the head of the medical department at the place of treatment) , military commandant of the garrison, head of the territorial center of recruitment and social support (TCC and SP).

If a serviceman was sent for treatment and in the process it became clear that his health condition has deteriorated and he needs to undergo a medical examination, it is understood that he may be deemed unfit, such a referral should be provided in the hospital.

This is spelled out in the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 402, paragraph 6.4: "In the event that during examination or treatment in a military medical institution, a serviceman is diagnosed with a disease, the consequences of trauma (wounds, contusions, mutilations), which lead to unfitness for military service in peacetime with exclusion from military service registration or unfitness for military service in peacetime, limited fitness in wartime, in wartime — unfitness for military service with exclusion from military registration, these persons are sent for a medical examination to determine the degree of fitness for military service by the decision of the head of a military medical institution on on the basis of the submission of the head of the medical department in which the serviceman is examined (treated), which is recorded in the medical history (medical book), which is certified by the signature of the head of the military medical institution."