Assignment Limitation Code (ALC) with a C1 stratification is used to identify which type of conditions?

• A. Permanent disabilities
• B. Used to designate no medical restrictions
• C. Used primarily to identify individuals with temporary or mild conditions requiring medical follow-up but whose condition is clinically quiescent if untreated or treatment is limited to primary care during periods of deployment or assignment.
• D. Used to identify all service members with medical conditions.

Answer: (C)

Assignment Limitation Code with this stratification flags conditions that are not disabling and can be managed with routine care. It identifies temporary or mild medical issues that still require some medical oversight, but remain clinically quiescent if not actively treated, or can be handled at primary care level during deployments or assignments. In practice, this means the service member is deployable under supervision with limited medical resources, not permanently disabled, and not restricted to no medical restrictions. This category fits conditions like minor, stable problems that don’t require specialist care to deploy. The other options describe scenarios that are either more severe (permanent disabilities), imply no restrictions at all, or encompass all medical conditions—none of which align with the specific, milder, follow-up–or-primary-care–only nature of this stratification.