First, I am not a medical professional and my DS never had any asthma issues during DoDMERB. He is about to commission next month so I have been out of the DoDMERB action for over four years.
My answers below are strictly through seeing a lot of sensible commentary on this forum.
My child when playing football before age 13 was diagnosed with sports induced asthma
Any use of inhalers past the age of 12 will be greatly scrutinized by DoDMERB and likely to result in a DQ.
Remember DoDMERB is
centralized, meaning it serves all the SA's and ROTC programs. However the waiver process is
decentralized, leaving the decision for waiver up to each SA or ROTC program. Thus it is possible to be DQ'd and then be granted a waiver from USMA, but also NOT receive a waiver from AROTC (or vice versa).
In addition, The Air Force and Navy tend to be very strict about asthma, with the Marines and Army less so.
Here are some old threads on the topic:
https://www.serviceacademyforums.com/index.php?threads/advice-on-how-to-deal-w-asthma.66524/
https://www.serviceacademyforums.co...lp-interpreting-dodmerb-correspondence.66439/
https://www.serviceacademyforums.co...0-help-interpreting-spirometry-results.65953/
https://www.serviceacademyforums.com/index.php?threads/asthma-’s.65359/
https://www.serviceacademyforums.com/index.php?threads/asthma-waiver.64864/
Here are a couple of flow charts that will help familiarize you with how the DoDMERB process works. The first chart is DoDMERB, which is as I mentioned above, centralized. They serve all the SA's and ROTC programs.
The second chart is for Waivers. That is
DE-centralized to each SA or ROTC program.
Initial DoDMERB exam Flow:
https://dodmerb.tricare.osd.mil/Content/InitExamRemedEvalProc.pdf
Waiver Flow:
https://dodmerb.tricare.osd.mil/Content/MedicalWaiverConsideration.pdf
Some key points:
- Answer the DoDMERB questions accurately and truthfully.....no more and no less.
- If it was not medically diagnosed on his records, it should not be included on mom's or dad's "speculative" basis. (unless either of you is a physician).
- If you don't have anything on record for your son or daughter (we call them DS or DD for "dear son" or dear daughter") as having been cleared of asthma, then you should have your physician or better yet, a physician who is familiar with the military, officially clear him.