Labrum Surgery
When applying to West Point, any past surgeries need to be indicated. My son also had to have labrum surgery due to wrestling. As a result he did need to get a waiver from DODMERB. All surgical and physical therapy information needed to be forwarded to them. After they evaluated the information, he was granted a waiver. My son was able to continue wrestling after the surgery. However, he did strain that shoulder in a tournament. He was fine, but also decided that getting into West Point was more important to him than wrestling, and he said wrestling to him was like nirvana. He stopped wrestling after that tournament. He was disappointed, but was happy for his teammate, who wrestled behind him on the team ladder, but made sectional finals and qualified for the state tournament. DS has received an appointment for the USMA Class of 2018. DS looked at the big and small pictures to make his decision on this one.