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I need to make some dental decisions regarding my son that plans to apply to USMA. Are dental implants or bridges, specifically Maryland bridge, a DQ for DODMERB? He has a congenital missing upper lateral and we need to decide what we want to do about it before when proceed with invisalign.

Ok maybe a stupid question but on the uniform size where you enter chest measurement and it asks shoe size do you put in your normal running shoe size? My DS wears a different boot size from low quarters and running shoes.

So glad my DS isn't the only patiently waiting. Seems hard when you see so many on the forum get a waiver then an appointment within the week. My DS was granted a waiver back in Jan. Since then USMA also granted a waiver and offered an appointment. Not sure why USAFA is taking so long, but we...

christie_lh - DS 2/26/14, Congressional MO61& MO07

My DS just received his appointment. He played football all through high school but at 165 he is built more for sprint. How did your DS feel about playing a sport with the academic load? We have encouraged our DS to get through plebe year before trying out for sports to evaluate the academic...

My son got his waiver granted about a month ago. He was also deferred to general selection and has 2 noms. Still patiently waiting. In the meantime he got a call from a Senator yesterday and has been accepted to USMA. Hoping to hear from USAFA soon so he can make a decision!

So excited to read this! My son was dissapointed when he received his deferral letter. He just received a letter stating his medical waiver has been granted so this thread gives me hope he may not have to wait until regular selection for an appointment!

From my understanding if you have a medical condition on the DQ list in your records DODMERB has to DQ you. It's then up to the waiver board to decide if it's a condition that will prohibit military service. My DS just got his waiver granted. We were frustrated when he was DQd because he had a...

My DS is in the same boat. 2 noms and waiting for his waiver to be processed. Received a letter yesterday saying he is deferred to regular selection, not sure if this is due to his waiver not being granted yet or not.

Just a warning my DS was qualified on the portal then about 2 weeks later we received a letter saying he was DQ. After a phone call to DODMERB we were told they initially overlooked a shoulder injury he had during football the year prior. Now waiting to get the waiver results from USAFA and...

Did you go through the medical waiver process? If so do you have any advice for applicants seeking a medical waiver. To be more specific: My son has just completed his USAFA application and is medically disqualified/ pending a waiver review. He injured his shoulder playing football last year...

My son entered his scores in Saturday 10/26/13 and it was received and processed by noon Monday 10/28/13.