Good afternoon everyone,
I have reached a point where I am stuck on what I should do moving forward.
My situation is as follows,
I was an AS200 in AFROTC but was recently denied my medical waiver for eczema past the age of 12. I have not been on prescription medication in years, with only one instance at 13 where I went to my dermatologist which is what was disqualifying. For my additional medical information, I had my dermatologist write a letter stating that I have not had a flare up in years and it was something he believed I had outgrown and should not impact my day to day activities. Nonetheless the waiver came back a few days ago denied. Cadre told me there was basically nothing else they could do and the last thing I could try would be a congressional inquiry but they said even with that there is extremely little success because it would only be resent to the same waiver authority who denied the waiver in the first place.
As a result, they suggested I switched over to Army ROTC. Speaking with the Army cadre, the commander, who is a medical officer, believed there was a reasonably high chance he could get a waiver approved for me through them. I have begun the waiver process through them and am waiting on the results.
While I would be willing and interested in being able to serve as a Nurse officer in any branch of the military, I have grown to love being with AFROTC, and would love to continue through them. I have contacted Mr. Merchant with DODMERB consultant who believed I would have a good success rate in getting my waiver approved but there is no guarantee. Has anyone had any interactions/experiences with him that would be willing to share with me? I am interested in his services but his fees round out to about $900 which is something I would have to pay for myself, as my parents would prefer I just graduate with a Nursing degree and work as a civilian nurse. It is something that I could eventually work enough money to save for, but how effective is the consultant in getting the waiver in general? In addition, I am as of now disenrolled in AFROTC so if I were to get it approve and come back it would have to be by next semester, FTP semester, to qualify for Field training this upcoming summer.
Should I go through with the consultant and see if he can get me the AFROTC waiver? Or is this an unlikely chance and I should stick with AROTC? As this is pertaining to my future career, I would not mind paying that amount, even though it's quite a bit, if I would be able to serve in the Air Force.
Thank you for your time and assistance.
I have reached a point where I am stuck on what I should do moving forward.
My situation is as follows,
I was an AS200 in AFROTC but was recently denied my medical waiver for eczema past the age of 12. I have not been on prescription medication in years, with only one instance at 13 where I went to my dermatologist which is what was disqualifying. For my additional medical information, I had my dermatologist write a letter stating that I have not had a flare up in years and it was something he believed I had outgrown and should not impact my day to day activities. Nonetheless the waiver came back a few days ago denied. Cadre told me there was basically nothing else they could do and the last thing I could try would be a congressional inquiry but they said even with that there is extremely little success because it would only be resent to the same waiver authority who denied the waiver in the first place.
As a result, they suggested I switched over to Army ROTC. Speaking with the Army cadre, the commander, who is a medical officer, believed there was a reasonably high chance he could get a waiver approved for me through them. I have begun the waiver process through them and am waiting on the results.
While I would be willing and interested in being able to serve as a Nurse officer in any branch of the military, I have grown to love being with AFROTC, and would love to continue through them. I have contacted Mr. Merchant with DODMERB consultant who believed I would have a good success rate in getting my waiver approved but there is no guarantee. Has anyone had any interactions/experiences with him that would be willing to share with me? I am interested in his services but his fees round out to about $900 which is something I would have to pay for myself, as my parents would prefer I just graduate with a Nursing degree and work as a civilian nurse. It is something that I could eventually work enough money to save for, but how effective is the consultant in getting the waiver in general? In addition, I am as of now disenrolled in AFROTC so if I were to get it approve and come back it would have to be by next semester, FTP semester, to qualify for Field training this upcoming summer.
Should I go through with the consultant and see if he can get me the AFROTC waiver? Or is this an unlikely chance and I should stick with AROTC? As this is pertaining to my future career, I would not mind paying that amount, even though it's quite a bit, if I would be able to serve in the Air Force.
Thank you for your time and assistance.