The month a candidate is examined by DoDMERB depends on the candidate themselves. For me, I had my exams done in October because I applied to three academies (USMMA, USCGA, and USNA). I completed my application for USMMA in late September. They gave my name to DoDMERB in early October, and I got examined and remedialed in October and qualified in November. If USNA is the only military agency (DoDMERB term) you are applying to, then they usually start the DoDMERB process when you have 2/3 of the application is complete. Get your application done early. It helps for both the Academy (Rolling Admissions) and DoDMERB as their response time increases as you get into the winter and spring because that's when waivers are requested/reviewed and the bulk of the candidates' names are given to them. Keep in mind DoDMERB covers the Academies, AROTC/NROTC/AFROTC, and other commissioning programs such as SSOP, etc. so they deal with a whole lot of medical files and it can take months to hear from them.