<p>I recently took a reexamination of my eye after DODMERB sent me a letter of further tests that needed to be conducted by a doctor. I don't remember a waiver at all, but I'm confused to as if my condition was waived. I have lazy eye and when my BGO had the interview with me, he was surprised that I got this far into the process because he said "I had a rejection" on my DODMERB status. (and that's why I took the retest afterwards). Again, my question is did I get a waiver or something? I finished my USNA (#1), USMA apps with MOC interviews all done. Thanks. </p>
<p>PS. I've already talked to Concorde and even the head but they've pretty much been very annoyed with all my questions. I'll talk with someone at the Academy when I get a tour this Friday but I'd like to hear from the community. :D</p>
<p>You won’t get a waiver until you get notification that you have gotten an appointment. The waiver is used as a way to get an otherwise outstanding candidate in. It is not given until they need it – in other words, at the end of the process.</p>
<p>The fact that they wanted further tests is a good sign, though. Perhaps they are considering giving you a waiver and want the proper documentation.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t bother asking that question when you tour the Academy. They probably don’t know. Focus on positive things not negative.</p>
<p>I respectfully disagree with your response re: “You won’t get a waiver until you get notification that you have gotten an appointment. The waiver is used as a way to get an otherwise outstanding candidate in. It is not given until they need it – in other words, at the end of the process.” The Naval Academy and West Point won’t give an appointment until you are deemed medically qualified. You can get a Letter of Assurance, indicating that will be appointed, as long as you receive a nomination and are physically qualified. The Coast Guard Academy will give “conditional” appointments if you are not yet medically qualified. USNA and USMA will request a waiver if you are deemed competitive for an appointment. The ROTC scholarship programs will not set up the DODMERB process until you have won a scholarship and then will automatically request a waiver if you are disqualified. OP, I would suggest you log into: <a href=“https://dodmerb.tricare.osd.mil”>https://dodmerb.tricare.osd.mil</a> to get an update on your status. The DODMETS website will not give you a status as to if you have been disqualified or if a waiver has been requested, but the DODMERB siite will. </p>
<p>@MidwesternHeart,
Actually, I don’t see how we disagree. You have described instances where a waiver was given after the Academy decided to offer an appointment (or the NROTC offered a scholarship). I did not intend to say that the waiver and the appointment would occur simultaneously; merely that the waiver will not come first.</p>
<p>My point was that you almost never know that you have gotten a waiver before you get an appointment. About the only time that a waiver might occur earlier is if it is a waiver for medical condition which they thought you had but actually did not. Asthma apparently can be such a case. Perhaps the candidate appears to have symptoms of asthma, or had it in the past, but further investigation shows that there is no problem. Also, for example, I had exploratory surgery on my jaw during my application, but it revealed that the suspected problem did not exist. I don’t remember that they called it a waiver, though, but perhaps it technically was.</p>
<p>Anyhow, I think we are more in agreement than you think.</p>
<p>@NROTCgrad, There is a difference between a Letter of Assurance and an Appointment. Again, waivers are requested for candidates who are competitive, but even if they get the waiver, they may not be appointed and instead get the “Qualified but Not Selected” letter. Requests for waiver, not necessarily the decision to grant the waive, will always come before an appointment is offered (at least for USNA and USMA) I just don’t want the forum readers to think that if a waiver has been requested that that means they will get an appointment, even if the waiver were to be granted. There is a deadline for waiver approvals, as well. So, if the waiver drags on and on, and then is approved, it may still come too late and you won’t get the appointment. The other issue you described, where DODMERB requests more information before making a determine is a Remedial, which can be additional medical tests or evaluations or requests for complete medical records. After DODMERB receives that information, they can ask for more information, they can qualify the candidate or disqualify the candidate. If disqualified, that is when the academy can request the waiver.</p>