Recent content by LolaBean

How did the USAFA waiver work for you? I was told SA initiates the waiver, and they have not done that yet. I feel like we are running out of time waiting for them to start it. Very excited that he received the Type 1 AFROTC scholarship. We just hope his USAFA DQ doesn't effect it.

Thank you, this helps. He was DQ'd for putting down shin splints during application process. He was never diagnosed with them, said he had them a few times. DODMERB asked for more info (AMI) and we stated the dates he had them (twice). Nothing serious. But he was disqualified after that (was...

If medically disqualified for USAFA but received an ROTC Scholarship, will that influence your chances when you go to get medically qualified? Do you do the process all over again or will they see that he was DQ'd ?

He received an email asking for more information (AMI) from DODMERB about the shin splints. He sent that in. We received the DQ after this. In the disqualification email he was told that he was put in for a waiver. He has not received any other emails. We have sent in a doctors note and will...

This is encouraging... but my son was never diagnosed with shin splints. He stated in the application that he had them on 3 different occasions. Before he was DQ'd he was asked to provide more information about the shin splints (time and dates on each occasion). When he provided that to...

My son was DQ for shin splints and then was automatically put in for a waiver. It says it is currently under review. We received the news on Feb. 21st. I am wondering how long this process takes. I am aware that they make the notifications till the end of March. Will we know soon if we got a...