DC,
Keeping in mind that I am an anonymous poster, I will make some suggestions. Only you can determine if they feel right to you based on your situation.
I would call my West Point representative. I would first confirm that you properly understood that West Point was going to request a medical waiver.
I would then confirm that you have provided, and that the proper authorities have received, the information that you had sent.
I would then ask them where they are in the process of making a decision for a waiver. I would ask specific questions regarding who actually makes the waiver determination for WP, what, if any, additional information they would need to make a decision, and when you could expect a decision to be made. I would also ask if and how DoDMERB is involved in the process.
When my DS and I went through this, we had no idea how everything worked together. We looked at it as being a giant puzzle and eventually, you see enough pieces to be able to figure out what the picture looks like. When we made these calls, we had our questions written out; our objective was to gather as much information as possible. We spent more time listening than talking and we wrote everything down. It was not unusual to get conflicting information at times. Although that can be frustrating, one just has to recognize that with a process is complex and as involved as a medical waiver for a US Service Academy, not everybody necessarily knows every piece of the puzzle.
I am just speculating but if you provided administrative records and were DQed, I would think that to receive a waiver, they may want you to have additional medical examinations or tests. If that is the case, the waiver authority would normally request those through Dodmerb.
I hope this is of use. You may also want to start a thread on this forum and see if there are others who received a waiver for your condition (based on what I have seen, your condition does not seem to be uncommon). They may be of help in terms of how they went through the process.
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