What does Fitness Restriction (FR) mean?

• A. restriction on travel to foreign bases
• B. medically prescribed limitation with respect to an SM's ability to participate in physical activity
• C. restriction on medical appointments
• D. restriction on receiving physical therapy

Answer: (B)

Fitness Restriction means a medically prescribed limitation on a service member’s ability to participate in physical activity. It’s issued by medical professionals to protect the member’s health and safety while maintaining readiness, so certain activities are restricted or modified and re-evaluated as the condition changes. It isn’t about travel, medical appointments, or receiving therapy—those are different types of restrictions. For example, someone with a knee injury might be restricted from running or jumping but still able to do permitted upper-body work or swimming until cleared to resume full activity.