AROTC and Dodmerb waiver

[caesarbc]

My son received a 3 year AROTC scholarship, but was recently disqualified through Dodmerb because of a stress fracture he had in late 2017/ early 2018. A few questions:

1. AROTC will start the waiver process because he has already been awarded a scholarship, correct?
2. Did he get DQ'd because they DQ anyone that has had any type of physical ailment?
3. Should we reach out to anyone to discuss this....Professor of Military Science at the his preferred school (VMI) to help move the process along?
4. He was already DQ's from USNA for the same issue. He called DODMERB and sent in his Doctor's note saying he was cleared for running. He was told by Dodmerb that it would take 30 days to process the note, but it seems like either the note was not read Dodmerb or it was received on time. I assume the same Dodmerb medical tech looks at every file...not a separate tech for USNA and another for AROTC. Right?

Any insight would be helpful.

Thanks!

 

[kinnem]

The waiver process is run by the commissioning authority, so there would be different people involved in the waiver process between USMA, and AROTC; as well as USNA (if that was not a typo). I'll leave the rest of your questions to someone more expert than I.

 

[AROTC-dad]

This flow chart should help you understand the waiver process:
https://dodmerb.tricare.osd.mil/Content/MedicalWaiverConsideration.pdf

Here is the primary flow chart that shows how the Q vs DQ process works:
https://dodmerb.tricare.osd.mil/Content/InitExamRemedEvalProc.pdf

Should we reach out to anyone to discuss this....Professor of Military Science at the his preferred school (VMI) to help move the process along?

Your DS, (not you, the parent) should reach out to the ROO at VMI and express their interest and confirm that they are aware of the DQ.

I assume the same Dodmerb medical tech looks at every file...not a separate tech for USNA and another for AROTC. Right?

DoDMERB is centralized. So yes one tech handles both the SA's and ROTC on the Q vs DQ. Once the DQ is issued, now the waiver authority is DECENTRALIZED to each program. (Army ROTC, AFROTC, USNA etc.).