For a medical waiver for being pre mature which are really small problems but how bad is it?

Tristan Chavez — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:35:02 -0400

Hello I’m new here but I’m getting approval for a waiver for gallstones a scar from my chest tube for a collapsed lung when I was a premature baby as well as a ear tubes but they are okay now I can hear good as well as a retinapothy for my eye due to the pure oxygen I was kept in.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 19 at 2020 12:39 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:39:46 -0400

Hello and welcome. While the prior mentioned do not raise any red flags in DoDI 6130.03, your retina issue may be cause for disqualification.

Under disqualifying conditions:
d. Retina. Any history of any abnormality of the retina, choroid, or vitreous.

Response by SSG Brian G. made Aug 19 at 2020 1:06 PM

SSG Brian G. — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 13:06:54 -0400

That is going to be up to MEPS and the Doctors and specialists there. A waiver is crap shoot. It is them saying we could or we could not and weighing the pros and cons. A waiver is not a guarantee, merely someone showing you that this is the door but whether it is unlocked or not for you...