Juvenile Cataract Surgery
I know a history of cataract surgery is usually not waived, but I am wondering if exceptions will be more likely to be made for a medical student as the army cannot train physicians on their own? For...
View ArticleWaiver chances
I am applying for USNA and my dodmerb status is Pending waiver from USNA. I was DQ for history or current opacities of the lens including cataract. Has anyone seen this before and seen a waiver denied...
View ArticleLens Implant Waiver NROTC Marine Option
Hello, I'm currently applying for the Marine Option NROTC scholarship. I have 20/20 vision in my right eye, and about 20/60 in my left. According to my recruiter, so long as one eye is 20/20, the other...
View Articleartificial lens/juvenile cataract surgery waiver
My son is starting the SA application process here in 11th grade now and seems to be a pretty competitive candidate. We were shocked to find out that his artificial lens and resulting very minor...
View ArticleEating disorder DQ policy?
Hello, My daughter is currently a freshman in high school who is set on attending USNA. She has a 4.0 GPA, is taking all honors classes and two APs, is involved with several extracurriculars including...
View ArticleUSAFA Waiver Request
I was recently DQ'd for D155.70 (refractive error greater than -8.00 diopters) but received a letter from USAFA saying that they were requesting a waiver. In the letter, it has a name and an email with...
View ArticleCivilian Doctor?
Hello, My mother has civilian insurance on me and I’m eligible for a free teeth clean up and free contacts and glasses. Is there anyway I can see a civilian doctor to receive these extra benefits?
View ArticleStrabismus Exotropia Concerns
I’m a first year doing AROTC at a senior military college I was actually in AFROTC but switched into AROTC after my first semester. I did my dodmerb some time ago and the results have finally come...
View ArticleQualified--->Posting on Portal
Just notified by DoDMERB that I am medically qualified for the Naval Academy. How long will it take for that to show up on my USNA portal?
View Articledodmets status
How long does it usually take for Concorde to review a case and forward it to dodmerb? Currently Your Case is "Complete" Your DoDMETS case is Complete as of 11/1/2018. What does "Complete" mean? You...
View ArticleShoulder Separation needs Waiver
I recently received info from DoDMERB saying that I will need AMI (not a problem), and then a waiver as a result of a shoulder separation that I experienced a few months ago. Could this be something...
View ArticleOrthodontics
Hello All, New to all of this and after reading these forums, we have learned that orthodontics are a DQ for all SA. So, my question is how early does DS need to get the paperwork completed by the...
View ArticleAppendicitis?
I am currently applying to USNA, and going through the medical qualification process. In October of 2018 (2.5 months ago), I had appendicitis and had to have a laparoscopic appendectomy (three small...
View ArticleHow to rebut DoDMERB
My daughter recently received a single disqualification of D171.20 - Dysmenorrhea, history of. She has already requested a waiver but we were wondering what is the process of a rebuttal given the...
View ArticleDS Previously DQed by DODMERB and Waiver Denied-current candidate
My son earned two conditional appointments by two service academies while in high school but was DQed for a diagnosis based on an incidental, nonrecurring medical event at the beginning of his junior...
View ArticleDQ’d for AFROTC, is OTS an option?
DS is a sophomore at The Citadel and was medically DQ’d for AFROTC due to eczema (prescribed a cream once, saw a 2nd dermatologist that said it was only dry skin, nevertheless, no waiver). He was told...
View ArticleI can't believe I'm already asking this question
But I need to control expectations. DD has been interested in the academies for years, and she's only in 8th grade. She's a competitive distance runner who was diagnosed with exercise induced asthma...
View ArticlePotential Pilot Qualified (PPQ)
Is there anyway to check if I am potential pilot qualified on the DoDMERB site or USAFA/AFROTC sites? There are some other threads about this, and they say that if your status is "commission qualified"...
View ArticleColotis issue
Son waiting on ROTC got inflamed colon at end of football. No family history and only real symptoms were weight loss and loose stools. Had colonoscopy and they gave him steroid which seems to have...
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