The Pentagon has issued new rules that would prevent people currently treated for schizophrenia, congestive heart failure, having a donated organ or some other issues from receiving a medical waiver to serve in the military, according to a new memo revealed Tuesday.

The guidance, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and dated July 11, updates the list of conditions that prevent potential recruits from joining the armed forces. The decision follows a review of the medical conditions that are currently eligible for a waiver, announced in April, as well as the Pentagon’s ban on transgender troops, enacted earlier this year.

“America's warfighters must be physically and mentally capable of performing their duties in the harshest of conditions,” Hegseth wrote in the memo. “Severe underlying medical conditions introduce........

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