Waiver Paperwork
Sheriff3,
I was about to post a similar question and realized it might be better to include them in the same thread.
Without knowing the reaction your son had when he was younger, it might be worth an appointment with an allergist to build a record of evidence proving that he does not have any reactions.
From my research and discussions with flight surgeons and the medical community at the Pentagon (I am a reservist out there), having a report from a specialist can be quite helpful.
That is what we are in the midst of doing now too.
If anyone with experience in this area can comment on my re-located post below, I would very much appreciate it.
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My DD received a NROTC scholarship at her desired college, and she has already been accepted at the school. We are about to schedule her DODMERB exam, which leads to my question below.
As a toddler, she was diagnosed with an allergy to peanuts - the two times she tried peanut butter she hated it, cried and threw up. Over the course of her childhood, she avoided peanuts as a precaution, but never had any reactions to restaurant or store-bought food containing "trace amounts" of peanuts. In fact, we just discovered that the protein bars she regularly eats list peanut flour as an ingredient. As a result, we wondered if she had outgrown the reaction.
Having gone through the DODMERB process myself for ROTC and flight school, I knew this would potentially be a DQ/Waiver event, so we met with the same allergy clinic that made the original diagnosis 15 yrs ago.
Based on her clinical history and lack of reactions over the last 15 years, the allergist scheduled a food challenge for her. DD completed the food challenge last Thursday, and after consuming approximately 5 TBSP of peanut butter during 90 minutes, followed by another hour of precautionary observation, she had no allergic reaction. It has now been 96 hours and she is perfectly fine.
The allergist is about to prepare his report from the food challenge. I have provided him with a copy of the DODMERB standard relating to food allergies.
I was curious if anyone here has experience providing documentation to DODMERB to demonstrate the candidate has outgrown the initial diagnosis?
If so, should that paperwork be brought to the initial exam?
This forum was very helpful to us to get the relevant information to the allergist to conduct the challenge.
Thanks in advance, for any insight or past experience about the paperwork.
