AFROTC Medical Disqualification/Scholarship/Waiver Questions

Okay. Hate to keep adding to the thread, but I have one more relevant question pertaining to this situation.

I read and then reread and then reread again the documentation from WrightPat on waiver policies. I have highlighted and attached the relevant two pages from the most up-to-date version I could find for your examination.
It seems like this documentation actually supports a waiver potential (by that I mean at least not permanently d'qued). Am I reading that right, or am I missing something? Is there a chance that, somehow, the medical board miscategorized my medical condition? It sure seems to me like it fits into the category of 'reversible risk factor', which has AETC waiver potential.

I have also looked at the overarching Dod instruction on medical standards and it makes no mention whatsoever of this Factor V Leiden.

I guess what I am getting at is this: is there a chance that there was a mistake on the AF's part? I mean, I hate to really bring that option up, but it does increasingly seem like that's what happened here. And no, I was not denied a waiver, I was told I had no potential for one. If I had a waiver potentially and it was denied, that would have been a different,understandable story.

Does any of that make sense? If not, I'll clarify what I'm trying to get at. Any feedback on this would be much appreciated. Waiver Guide page 1.jpg Waiver Guide Page 2.jpg Waiver Guide page 1.jpg Waiver Guide Page 2.jpg
 
Also, I did not realize that those images would be that large. Is that alright, moderators? I'm not being sarcastic; I'll make them smaller files if you want me to.
 
I think you may want to see if kp2001 answers from how he reads the reg as a doc.

The thing that popped to me was look at the date. The guide is dated Sept. 2010, superseding 2006. It maybe that they have a newer guideline that supersedes 2010.

I am not trying to dissuade you at all, just trying to highlight that what you are looking at is 5 years old and may be out of date.
~ My suggestion is since you want AF, go to baseops.net. They have a doc over there that typically answers aviation medicine questions. They may be able to assist from a ROTC waiver aspect.
~ Beware they eat their young there. Use the search button 1st to see if the question has been posed prior regarding your medical condition.
 
Haha alright thanks Pima. Yeah, I couldn't find an updated one anywhere online or on the e-publishing portion of the AF website. I'll look into it. Do you know of anyone that had a wrongful medical dq? If so then there is precedent for it and it might work; if not, I guess I shouldn't get too hopeful for it.
 
Yes, I do, but not for your medical condition. I am not saying it does not occur, I am saying that the person I know did not have your condition.
 
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