Hello all—
Having attended NAS & SLE in June and nearly completed applications to the 3 SA’s, my son received a DoDMERB disqualification for “D224.81 History of chrondomalacia”. His knee started to have pain after playing indoor soccer & spring track...he saw several doctors who ruled out any injuries but said that due to his rapid growth over the past year & a half (tendon/muscles not keeping up with growth) that he should focus on PT hip & leg strengthening exercises...which have definitely helped to the extent that he’s back playing varsity soccer and running without issue. Unfortunately, one of the orthopedic docs stated on my son’s medical report that he has “mild chrondomalacia” and now on the last report the doctor stated he “is cleared for all activities/sports”....
So, given all this - thoughts on chances of waiver and any recommendations (assuming, of course, the SA’s put him in for a waiver)??
Having attended NAS & SLE in June and nearly completed applications to the 3 SA’s, my son received a DoDMERB disqualification for “D224.81 History of chrondomalacia”. His knee started to have pain after playing indoor soccer & spring track...he saw several doctors who ruled out any injuries but said that due to his rapid growth over the past year & a half (tendon/muscles not keeping up with growth) that he should focus on PT hip & leg strengthening exercises...which have definitely helped to the extent that he’s back playing varsity soccer and running without issue. Unfortunately, one of the orthopedic docs stated on my son’s medical report that he has “mild chrondomalacia” and now on the last report the doctor stated he “is cleared for all activities/sports”....
So, given all this - thoughts on chances of waiver and any recommendations (assuming, of course, the SA’s put him in for a waiver)??