Dodmerb Exam

[Lcwick]

Does the doctor doing the exam for Dodmerb have any influence on the candidates outcome of passing/failing the exam? Does he recommend the candidate or not? If there is something in question, ie: an old injury, asthma or another disqualifying factor, does the examining doctor weigh in or do all decisions come from West Point?
Thank you for your time.

 

[jrangitsch]

The examining MD simply makes the report ( quantitatively and hopefully objectively - the MD ought not have an impact on the ultimate decision) to DODMERB - DODMERB makes the determination as to issues and whether the candidate is qualified or not.... If there is an issue, it then falls to USMA to request a waiver on behalf of the candidate. There are many items which may cause failure - ie - asthma, old injuries, remediation of old injuries, etc... Just because there was an injury or issue does not automatically disqualify someone