<p>posted this on another forum- no response yet- </p>
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<p>Son got 3 remedials after medical exam.</p>
<p>R252.80 orthodontist retainer </p>
<p>R102.00 Obtain and submit a written interpretation of a current echocardiogram, include color flow Doppler for evaluation of heart murmur heard on exam.</p>
<p>R 220.00 Send copies of all records and treatments regarding Achilles' tendonitis.</p>
<p>All info was sent back and ortho was removed right away. Today on the DODMERB site this is what we saw</p>
<p>Agency: US Military Academy Sub Agency:
Current Medical Status: Remedial Status/Post Waiver Review </p>
<p>D224.60 - Disease/chronic pain: lower extremity(ies) hindering active lifestyle </p>
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<p>Agency: US Army ROTC Sub Agency:
Current Medical Status: Remedial Status/Post Waiver Review </p>
<p>D224.60 - Disease/chronic pain: lower extremity(ies) hindering active lifestyle </p>
<p>Totally unprepared for this.. Son is an active kid, 7 Varsity letters, a coach and swims 20+ hours a week,State ranked swimmer. WP coach has been talking to him 1x a week( for a bit now) to check on application status and general well being...</p>
<p>Does this mean the end to a dream???</p>
<p>Question- For VMI, would this rule you out? or just out of the ROTC scholarship scenario...
We have orthopaedic RE-evaluation scheduled for tomorrow, with private doctor. How many rebuttals are successful and what is the turn around time for an answer?
Thanks for the help-</p>
<p>dedicated1,
Hang in there, this is not necessarily the end of a dream. I understand what you are going through because my son went through something very similiar.</p>
<p>In the summer of 2005 he had a disqualification for "weak or painful back" because he had been to a chiropractor for an adjustment during football season. He had no history of back problems, he was just sore from football and I recommended he get adjusted. If I had know what problems that would have caused with Dodmerb I NEVER would have recommended going to the chiropractor. His disqualification was non-rebuttable so we had to pursue a waiver. Dodmerb requested some more paperwork and about 4 weeks after we submitted it his Army ROTC waiver was granted. It took much longer for the USMA waiver to be approved. We didn't recieve that until March 2006. Now my son is a West Point civil prep student at NMMI and will be in the class of 2011.</p>
<p>The Dodmerb paperwork you receive in the mail will tell you how to do a rebuttal or request a waiver for ROTC. You don't need to request a waiver for USMA, if your son is a competitive candidate for admission his disqualification will automatically be reviewed for a waiver. Just be prepared to wait, nothing related to Dodmerb seems to move quickly.</p>
<p>I don't have any experience with VMI, so I can't help you with that. Maybe someone else here can.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>does anyone have any experience with waivers for VSD (ventrical septal defect), a "hole in my heart" which has not completely closed? It is fairly common and it has not had any physical effects on me but I have been disqualified with it (along with vision). Any advice would be appreciated.</p>
<p>TampicoTrauma,
You might try this other service academy website...<a href="http://www.serviceacademyforums.com/index.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.serviceacademyforums.com/index.php</a></p>
<p>Post your question under the DODMERB forum. There is a retired Navy doctor that worked at DODMERB who answers questions here. He gives excellent advice.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Did you get all of your remedial exams at once? If so that's a pretty decent sign. If so, then none of the conditions should be of severe concern. The TTE (echo) isn't bad at all. If it has been detected before, it's most likely an innocent murmur (they run in my family and most people have a deviance in heart beat anyhow, just depending on severity)</p>
<p>Retainer? </p>
<p>Try to talk to someone at DoDMERB. Call them and ask for their advice. MSGT B(forgot the rest) is a really nice guy and he should be able to sort you out (I'm not sure if he's still there)</p>
<p>The medical waiver process is a bureaucratic nightmare. Trust me.</p>