<p>I have read conflicting things on this, so I am hoping someone knowledgable can clear this up for me. Does the Air Force accept the FALANT (Farnsworth Lantern) test for color vision when deciding if you are PQ? Thanks a bunch.</p>
<p>Gonna direct you to a source that will know</p>
<p><a href="http://www.serviceacademyforums.com%5B/url%5D">www.serviceacademyforums.com</a></p>
<p>you want to direct your question to Retired Navy HM. He is a retired Navy Corpsman who worked for DoDMERB until about a year ago. He should be able to answer your question.</p>
<p>Use the DoDMERB forum halfway down the page and select the FALANT link for the thread.</p>
<p>Is it true that you can only get an LOA if you are PQ?</p>
<p>That is what my congressman's service academy guy said, and he talked directly to the asst. director of admissions at the AFA. so, i guess so... the thing is, MOST LOAs are given out PENDING dodmerb and nomination, which means they wouldnt know if you're PQ or not. but, since i got my dodmerb in early, they're using it against me to say i'm not PQ so therefore no LOA. this is just what i've heard, and it came directly from the asst. director of selections.. so.. i really have no idea. lol</p>
<p>Unless it changed for THIS year, that is NOT the case.</p>
<p>OK because I have my LOA, but thought I was not PQ because of my color issue. But my dad said my ALO had said that LOAs are only given to candidates who have over 650 on the Academy's scoring system AND are PQ. I will talk to him ASAP about it.</p>
<p>HNeedle - Because of medical privacy laws I believe the Academy does not tell the MOC what your medical status is - perhaps something got lost in the translation or he interpreted something incorrectly. Also, it is still fairly early - I have heard of LOA's into late January. Finally, remember that the vast majority of appointments are made without an LOA.</p>
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<p>Not true. There is nothing private about being medically Qualified or Disqualified. However, any details behind a disqualification are private.</p>
<p>At my son's interview with Senator Allen last year, the Selection Board had been provided with a comprehensive report on each cadidate to include: nominations, LOAs, appointments, status of applications, and medical status. The Board had this information for each service academy which would preclude a candidate from trying to "game" the system by listing a different academy as their first choice with each of their MOCs.</p>
<p>GA - you're right. I got the details of one post mixed up with those of another! Suffice it to say - your MOC won't know your medical issues unless you tell them. As an example, if you have asthma and are hoping for a waiver, they won't be told you have asthma. They will only know your medical is not yet cleared.</p>
<p>GA - are you saying your Senator had specific medical about your son or only that they knew if he was PPQ? I do understand the MOC's get reports from all the SA's about each candidate. In fact - I was told that my D's MOC staffer communicated with each SA by phone about each candidate to get an idea of where they stood with that SA prior to giving out noms.</p>
<p>i hope something got lost in the phone call... i surely hope that AFA doesnt start giving out LOAs based on being PPQ or not. i'm really not worried, i'm just glad i'm done with everything and can relax until my visit out there next week!!!</p>
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<p>Last year the MOCS were provided by USAFA with each candidates medical status as being: Missing, Potential Pilot Qualified, Qualified, or Disqualified. As I stated in my previous post, the medical details are private.</p>