### Question
What does mental health evaluation mean?


### Answer
**Mental health evaluation** has the following meaning in *10 U.S.C. § 1090a*:

> a psychiatric examination or evaluation, a psychological examination or evaluation, an examination for psychiatric or psychological fitness for duty, or any other means of assessing the state of mental health of a member of the armed forces

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 1090a*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART II-PERSONNEL > CHAPTER 55-MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE**

