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Bone spurs medical exemption

The medical exemption for bone spurs that Donald Trump received, which has been questioned by critics and fact-checkers.

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Jan 23, 2026
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Did Donald trump dodge the draft

did not serve in the War: he received multiple Selective Service deferments and a final medical exemption for that kept him out of the draft . Critics and fact-checkers characterize that outcome as “d...

Jan 25, 2026
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What evidence exists about podiatrist Larry Braunstein's alleged role in issuing bone-spur diagnoses during the Vietnam draft era?

The publicly available evidence that played a role in President ’s 1968 rests primarily on interviews with Braunstein’s two daughters and reporting by , which relayed their account and related propert...

Jan 25, 2026
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What reporting has The New York Times and CNN published specifically about the podiatrist who diagnosed Trump with bone spurs?

published a detailed report recounting interviews with the daughters of a podiatrist, saying their late father, , told family members he had diagnosed with as a favor to , the building’s landlord, a c...

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