<p>Anyone here having trouble with Dodmerb? If so, do you think you'll get a waiver?</p>
<p>I just took the exam and they found things I didnt even know I had. For example, they found that my spine was curved and my ears were scarred.</p>
<p>What sorts of conditions did everyone else qualify with?</p>
<p>I'm having the same trouble. </p>
<p>On the eye exam my left eye was fine, both eyes combined were fine, but my right eye alone was supposedly "not correctable to 20/20 at the time" but 3 hours later another doctor found both eyes to easily be correctable to 20/20 and I got my first perscription today so I'm not too worried about that anymore</p>
<p>Then On the hearing portion my left ear was fine but according to the doctor my right ear has had 'significant damage' with 30%-40% hearing loss. but then he went to say that it wasn't a big deal and not to worry about it, then next sentence he was like "its pretty significant.." so I wasn't sure what to think with him.</p>
<p>before today I didn't know about either thing and they have never affected me in day to day life and I don't consider them a problem. so we'll see how it goes. Has anyone ever dealt with hearing issues with DoDmerb? Would it be waiverable?</p>
<p>Yeah I dont know about that, my doc said that my ears were really scarred and yet my hearing was still good. I really have no idea what to make of it.</p>
<p>How common is it to get waivers?</p>
<p>they thought i had glaucoma, plus colorblindness, plus i took ritalin until like 8th grade and didnt get medically cleared until may....after they had given out all of the appointments, thus i will now be spending a year in prep school. get dodmerb done as soon as you can</p>
<p>After your tests, how long did it take for DODMERB to get back to you telling you if you got cleared? On the first website i go it, they have recieved both of my medical exams and it says my case is "closed." Now, DODMERB says they have not recieved my exams...how long do you think it will be?</p>
<p>it took at least a month for every exam and remedial exam to actually show up on the DoDMERB website (not the tricare or whatever)</p>
<p>I wanted to remind all new applicants they MUST notify DoDMERB ANY TIME their health status changes. This includes but not limited to sports injuries, auto accidents, and serious diagnosis (mono, cancer, etc.)</p>
<p>Our son was cleared and pilot qualified early on. Nomination came. XC season ended, pre-season wrestling practices started. A team mate bear hugged our son and he heard a "POP". X-rays and CT scan confirmed no broken ribs. Torn cartilage around the lower rib cage just about ended his senior year wrestling season. We did not remember to notify DoDMERB. Appointment Offer came Dec. 15th. After eight weeks of healing, our son was cleared to resume practices. We notified DoDMERB. Mailed all the medical documentation tot DoDMERB. His Appointment status changed from "offered" to "pending DoDMERB review". He continued to practice with the team. The Coach feels comfortable to allow him to wrestle in a JV meet. He placed 2nd. DoDMERB physician called and spoke to our son. Thank goodness the physician wrestled in HS. He said if our son was able to place in a tournament, his injury would not hinder the physical requirements of the academy. The "pending" status was reversed to "Appointment Offered". </p>
<p>Don't try to hide an injury. More importantly, don't rush your recovery! If you do, the injury could nag you for years.</p>
<p>I'm anticipating trouble with them. I had my exam on Tuesday. The only things I should have problems with is my eyesight and hearing. My eyesight is horrible, it's not even 20/400, just finger vision acuity (can count the # of fingers they're holding up in front of my face). It's correctable to 20/20, just needs strong prescription. The optometrist told me I was good at crossing my eyes for the double vision test thing, so that was cool.</p>
<p>Hearing was totally messed up. They put me in a room which was NOT quiet for the test. I could hear the tester walking out of the room and coming back in, and when he came back in he sat in his chair which was noisy itself then he started drumming his fingers on his desk.</p>
<p>Listen to Frijoles: Get your Dodmerb physical early!</p>
<p>Anyone reading this post that is waiting to get their Dodmerb physical should take heed and get their physical ASAP. That way you will have the maximum amount of time to rectify any problem that may surface.</p>
<p>Many candidates in seemingly good health find that they have a potentially disqualifying medical condition. If you read the posts from last year's class of 2010, Dodmerb's response time slows as the volume of physicals increases later in the year.</p>
<p>The goal should be to get "fully qualified" as early as possible so that your file gets in the pile that is ready for review by the academy's admissions board.</p>
<p>Firjoles problems with DoDMERB are not unique. I agree with Aspen and implore you and all candidates to start the DoDMERB process as soon as you can. Most folks will not have any problems. Some candidates will, however, experience problems with DoDMERB and most of those candidates are medically in good shape. </p>
<p>Some tips for dealing with DoDMERB:</p>
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<li><p>You should certainly answer every question that you are asked by the DoDMERB physician truthfully. However, you absolutely should answer only the physician's question. Do not ramble or tell stories about how you were hurt playing football in second grade. If you do, chances are DoDMERB is going to ask to see every medical record relating to your second grade injury and your file is going to be put on ice pending their review. </p></li>
<li><p>Ask for a copy of your DoDMERB exams. The nurse that measured my son was off by two inches on his height. This triggered a request from an Academy to be remeasured by my son's own physician. Amazingly, he grew two inches in a couple of months to the same height he had been at his annual physical three months before. Had my son looked at the original form completed by the nurse he would have realized that the height was wrong and he could have asked her to remeasure his height. He would have saved a lot of time and trouble. </p></li>
<li><p>Keep copies of everything you mail DoDMERB. I have talked to parents who said the whole process was delayed because DoDMERB couldn't find a medical record which they had mailed to DoDMERB. After the passage of time the parents had to make a second request for the follow up medical records. Meanwhile, the candidates file was on ice.</p></li>
<li><p>Send everything to DoDMERB by cerified mail or Federal Express. That way there is no question that you actually sent the records to DoDMERB.</p></li>
<li><p>Call and speak to the person at DoDMERB that sent you the request for additional information. Some times you can find out more clearly what they are looking for and it will make the process go faster.</p></li>
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<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Great Advice FWDAD. Thanks for posting it.</p>
<p>There's another, more somber, reason to get your Dodmerb results ASAP. If you have a non-waiverable disqualifying condition, it is best to learn about it early so that alternative college plans can be made.</p>
<p>As dissappointing as it may be to learn you are medically unqualified in August, it will be doubling dissappointing to find out after you've gotten further down the road and missed out on other possible avenues.</p>
<p>i had problems with dodmerb, and was disqualified for suspected asthma</p>
<p>i had my doctor go through my entire medical history and highlight reasons why this would be unlikely, had a seperate non-dodmerb doctor run asthma tests, and sent all of it in...I cleared within 2 weeks of them recieving it.</p>
<p>i just received my dodmerb packet. i dont see anything tho, for the eye exam, only an extensive medical exam. also, i dont see anything for the audiology test... what am i supposed to do about those?</p>
<p>You should have two (or 3) different providers listed on the cover page - 1 each for eye, audio, and medical (in our case the medical and audio were the same). Schedule appointments with each of them. </p>
<p>The eye folks have their own form. You just show up for your appt. You need to bring the medical form to the medical exam.</p>
<p>I received my packet this week in the mail. I just now opened it today because I had been out of town all week at Scout camp.</p>
<p>Is it okay that I have done everything online at the website they provided on the forms? I didn't mail in the bottom half of my form telling them when I scheduled my appointments for because I entered all that info online. So if I had all my appointments this week and the doctors all said I was fine, do I just sit back and wait for a reply from dodmerb?</p>
<p>orangejp:</p>
<p>Dodmerb will mail you a letter indicating the outcome of your medical examination. It will tell you what, if any, additional tests and/or information are required. You can also check your status online. Given your early examination, your results will likely take 2-3 weeks to make it through the system.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>wondering what were the two test? could you let me know have similar situation. look forward to your reply thanks</p>
<p>I received my DoDMERB evaluation letter last week, it said I was Medically Disqualified for "Hearing loss exceeding medical accession standards" but it did not request further info or testing, and it did not say "non-rebuttable" so should I try to rebut this result from DoDMERB, although I don't think further testing will prove much of different results, or should I just hopefully wait for a waiver from USMA?</p>
<p>And fo the waiver should I contact my Regional CO and let him know I am interested in a Waiver and then USMA initiate it or do they do that without any of the candidates input?</p>
<p>what tests did you take have similar situaton, would like to get my son tested right away... thank you</p>