<p>Does anyone on this forum know if it is common for a candidate to need a waiver for multiple conditions (i.e. eyesight (-6.75/-7.5) and septal defect)?
Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks</p>
<p>I got an asthma/stress fracture waiver. It is definitely possible.</p>
<p>envee, had you been off albuterol for more than 12 mos?</p>
<p>Yeah, I haven't used an inhaler in several years. I run cross country (hence the stress fracture) and track, which helps. If your looking for more info, search this forum; that's what I originally came here for, and there's loads of threads on the subject.</p>
<p>Yikes... That vision, -6.75/-7.5... thats quite a correction. Whats your accuity and whats it corrected to? Most likely it will be waiverable but i think its really near the absolute maximum of -8...</p>
<p>But deffinately, waivers are and have been granted for multiple dqers.</p>
<p>pull a rush limbaugh and go doctor shopping. but i dont think thats necessarry, cuz the limit i think is -10 diopters</p>
<p>Thanks for the imput. Do you really have to report all your broken bones as well (fractured hand last year, no restrictions)? I am definitely going to need a 2400 SATs (lol).<br>
Are academics considered independent of medical qualification. In other words, will medical troubles keep one from getting an LOA?</p>
<p>Yes you need to report all of your broken bones; and yes, LOAs are given out independent of medical conditions, but appointments are subject to you clearing DODMERB requirements or getting a waiver if needed.
Good luck!</p>
<p>I got waived for eyes and allergy shots and had an LOA...just had to write the letters to get the waivers</p>
<p>Don't worry about the broken bones. I had a nasty fracture of the femur and they didn't even ask about it when I wrote it down.</p>
<p>michaelburt: "Don't worry about the broken bones. I had a nasty fracture of the femur and they didn't even ask about it when I wrote it down"</p>
<p>Hmm, that doesn't gel with your previous posts:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=1695153#post1695153%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=1695153#post1695153</a></p>
<p>Ann: If you read closely, they asked about my leg length, not my nasty fracture.</p>
<p>michaelburt: Wasn't you leg shortening due to your femur fracture affecting your growth plate? I would hesitate to sugest that a nasty femur fracture would be ignored by DODMERB. I would think that x-rays and an orthopedic opinion confirming that there was no functional deficit would be requested.</p>
<p>I don't know. I would think that unless there was something noted explicitly in the records, they would allow it. I'm sure someone on here could tell us.</p>
<p>"I would think that unless there was something noted explicitly in the records, they would allow it."</p>
<p>I'm not sure where you are going with this. The candidate is required to disclose any broken bones during the DODMERB medical exam. I am not saying it is an automatic disqualifier requiring a waiver process, I am saying that a femur fracture would almost certainly trigger a remedial requesting x-rays and an expert opinion.</p>
<p>I broke my leg, they just asked the physician examining me to comment on it.</p>
<p>I've had a pelvic stress fracture and a tibial stress fracture in 2004. I cleared dodmerb without any waivers, but the injuries happened on active duty, and I was cleared to return to duty back in 04.</p>
<p>A broken bone isn't usually a huge deal if allowed to heal properly.</p>
<p>Word, that's what I was getting at. Don't be discouraged about broken bones.</p>
<p>michaelburt: Am I correct in assuming that DODMERB found you medically qualified? I know you have gone back and forth about whether WP is for you. Have you made a decision?</p>
<p>My biggest concern is the septal defect ("hole in the heart" between left and right ventricles). I have been playing sports (football, wrestling, and baseball) without any restrictions. Does anyone know if there is a specific procedure for this type of waiver. I have gone for echocardiograms every other year since I was 10 (every year before that), and my cardiologist has not seen any complications and does not forsee any restrictions. The Naval Academy Catalog lists VSD as a "disqualifying condition". Does that mean waivers are given as long as the candidate can provide evidence as to why the condition would not restrict them from performing thier duties (i.e. letter from cardiologist, pediatrician, and coaches)? I would appreciate any advice.</p>