Daughter did not receive waiver by DoDMERB; chance to appeal?

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Daughter received primary nom and was informed she was admitted to NA pending medical waiver for minor, seasonal excema. Just received
email that her waiver was not granted. What recourse do we have? This is truly a minor condition and know that other candidates have been
accepted with major medical events/conditons. Can the decision be changed or is it final?
 
Daughter received primary nom and was informed she was admitted to NA pending medical waiver for minor, seasonal excema. Just received
email that her waiver was not granted. What recourse do we have? This is truly a minor condition and know that other candidates have been
accepted with major medical events/conditons. Can the decision be changed or is it final?
did dodmerb rule her not to get a waiver or did USNA?
 
DODMERB doesn’t issue waivers. DODMERB determines Q/DQ. Part of that process can involve requesting and gathering AMI.

The SA/ROTC program is the one to determine whether, or not, they want to issue a waiver for the DQ. And that process can also involve AMI.
 
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DoDMERB is the conduit between applicants and commissioning programs.

Services designate who is the waiver authority for each commissioning program.

USAF is the only service that has a common waiver authority for USAFA & AFROTC.
 
If the waiver was denied by USNA, it's likely the end of the road. DD (not you) may be able to obtain additional information regarding her medical situation from either her admissions counselor or the medical staff person at USNA. I wouldn't start with "Why didn't I get a waiver" as much as, "I see that my waiver was denied. Is there anything that I can do to potentially change that determination for this year or next year?" Such things could include a stronger package overall (probably not helpful since she was obviously a strong candidate or they wouldn't consider her for a waiver) or a change in medical condition (probably not likely given the reported condition). But worth asking.

I'm not aware of any appeal process for a denial of a medical waiver. I suppose if there were a substantial change in the condition, one could submit that information, but usually DODMERB / USNA requests the information they deem sufficient to make a determination.

DODMERB doesn't grant or deny waivers -- they only qualify or DQ. If they DQ'ed and USNA has not "ruled" on the waiver, there is still hope.

As to why some candidates are granted waivers and others are not . . . no one here can answer that question. Could be the medical condition itself (as we frequently say, no two individuals are the same). Could be a limit on mids who can commission with that condition (e.g., colorblindness). Finally, USNA can't bring in too many mids who aren't medically qualified to commission in the unrestricted line. So, if eczema is limiting in that respect (I don't know whether it is), that could play a factor.
 
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