I will say his high school had a very good program where all athletes did a baseline concussion protocol test at the beginning of their freshman year that is good at documenting any changes, so those results helped confirm no lasting issues.
Stealth_81
I agree some schools are really great when it comes to protocol.
Our DS2, not AF, played FB (tight end). His senior yr, he played a Friday night away game which we did not attend. Monday he showed up for practice and I got a call from the coach, come get your son and take him to the hospital for a scan. The coaches notice that he did not remember certain plays. They started quizzing him with simple questions, such as what was the final score Friday night? He got it wrong. They went a ittle deeper, and his answers were wrong. We never noticed anything at home, but again, we were not at the game to see him take a hit. We took him to the ER. The scan proved he indeed had a concussion. He was given a docs note to miss school the next day. The FB team coaches made him to step back. He had to basically start all over again. Any FB parent knows the system. He had to 1st go back into waring the pads during practice, no contact. Than pads and helmet, still no head contact, and finally full gear. It was about 2 weeks before he was allowed to play. The school required a new CT scan before he could play.
Concussions are now the new big thing regarding TBI. 10 yrs ago nobody talked about it bc it was not on the radar, now it is, due to the highlighting of the lasting effects of multiple concussions within the FB world. Thus, the military is looking closer at concussions than they did a decade ago.
Think of it from different ways. A decade ago, ADD was a DQ if on meds. Now, if you have ADD, and are off the meds., it is waiverable. Decades ago smoking marijuana was too bad, so sad. For a while certain acne prescriptions threw you into the waiver pool. When my DH entered the rated world in 88, wearing glasses prior to UPT was a big hurdle. Now, as long as it is correctible. Let's not even go down the PRK/Lasik rabbit hole. Just saying over years it does change regarding standards.
Finally, I get it. You want to fly, but I will say this one thing that it is my default comment when I read "I want to fly" . Do you know what they call a pilot at any base? It is not Pilot Smith. It is Lt., Captain, Major, etc.
Think also about those years you owe back.