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I have a clean bill of health besides my nearsightedness. I am at a -9.75 and I know the cutoff before a waiver is -8. My vision however is corrected to 20/20 with lenses and contacts. I also have a letter from my optometrist stating this along with no other issues to my eyes. Do I have a good chance to be able to go through MEPS/get a waiver. Are there any other documents that could assist me?
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Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS)
Medical68Y: Eye Specialist91Y: Eye Specialist
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Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) Medical68Y: Eye Specialist91Y: Eye Specialist Waivers
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Back when I was joining, I had astigmatism, and had an eye surgery as a child. None of it precluded me from joining and even qualified for flight school (physically, not so academically!). Just make sure everything is documented, and they should get you waiver.
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I have really shitty eyesight but it's 20/20 with glasses. I have an astigmatism too. I don't know how bad but I'm super near sighted. I had no issues at MEPS going through and I've been in 16 years. Without my glasses, I can't see anything. It's all blurry. With glasses, I'm fine.
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Alec Roman
I’m the exact same way. Extremely blurry vision without glasses but with them I can read 20/20 and even 20/15. I have looked into LASIK and PRK but have held off to see if I can get in without it and do it at a later date.
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CPT (Join to see)
Alec Roman - Get it AFTER you get int. I had it BEFORE, then got to MEPS, found out I needed a waiver (easy enough), but that took a few months of back and forth. Just do it "after".
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