DoDMERB Medical Survey Questions Answered Wrong

[Azawinsky]

Helping my daughter with this as she is applying to one of the academies and planning to join ROTC as plan B.

While filling out the medical survey she answered the questions with the intention of review them with myself for accuracy and unfortunately she has marked yes to a couple that should have been marked no. Example; she marked yes for having heatstroke when she never did. She was dehydrated while at a soccer camp so it should have been marked no. There are a couple others that she answered Yes to that are inaccurate.

We have emailed using the internal contact us within the website, but want to make sure that is the right process.

Thanks in advance

Alex

 

[BigBlue25]

You can make adjustments on the printed packet by writing in info and signing/date next to it.

 

[Capt MJ]

Helping my daughter with this as she is applying to one of the academies and planning to join ROTC as plan B.

While filling out the medical survey she answered the questions with the intention of review them with myself for accuracy and unfortunately she has marked yes to a couple that should have been marked no. Example; she marked yes for having heatstroke when she never did. She was dehydrated while at a soccer camp so it should have been marked no. There are a couple others that she answered Yes to that are inaccurate.

We have emailed using the internal contact us within the website, but want to make sure that is the right process.

Thanks in advance

Alex

Oh dear, that’s a classic - you are doing the right thing contacting DoDMERB. When candidates self-diagnose or over-diagnose and put that “yes” down on the form, it can’t be undone on the form. Then you potentially have to untangle a DQ.

Great teaching note for upcoming applicants - this is one area of the application to go slowly, read for clarity and detail, answer the specific question, have a parent sitting with you as a sounding board. We see these “uh-ohs” every year.

Did you go to the DoDMERB website, look at the left-side menu Contacts, and choose the assigned DoDMERB person for her part of the alphabet? Your DD doesn’t have to login to find that.

 

[Azawinsky]

Oh dear, that’s a classic - you are doing the right thing contacting DoDMERB. When candidates self-diagnose or over-diagnose and put that “yes” down on the form, it can’t be undone on the form. Then you potentially have to untangle a DQ.

Great teaching note for upcoming applicants - this is one area of the application to go slowly, read for clarity and detail, answer the specific question, have a parent sitting with you as a sounding board. We see these “uh-ohs” every year.

Did you go to the DoDMERB website, look at the left-side menu Contacts, and choose the assigned DoDMERB person for her part of the alphabet? Your DD doesn’t have to login to find that.

Looks like she got contacted by someone this morning. Informing her to correct it on the printed form when she actual does the medical test with the doctor. I wasn't aware she got a response before posting this thread. i am looking on the website and don't see the list of contacts after i click who to contact.

 

[ProudMom7]

My daughter did the same thing when she was applying 3 years ago. We hadn't found this forum, and she was marking some "yes" to remind herself to come back and review with me later. I think it is silly that you can't switch a "yes" to a "no". It would save applicants and the doctors and DODMERB a lot of trouble.

However, for any question that is marked "yes", the forms ask for more information. My daughter just wrote in the explanation area that she marked yes by mistake for that question. If there is a reason why your daughter initially thought it might be a yes, then she could explain that she had consulted with her parent and realized that she never had heatstroke and the answer should have been no. (same for other questions). I don't think the doctor even asked my daughter anything about the one she had marked as yes because she had explained on the form that it was a mistake.

 

[Capt MJ]

Looks like she got contacted by someone this morning. Informing her to correct it on the printed form when she actual does the medical test with the doctor. I wasn't aware she got a response before posting this thread. i am looking on the website and don't see the list of contacts after i click who to contact.

I’ve attached a screenshot of what you will see when you select the Contacts on the DoDMERB homepage left-side menu.

 

[Azawinsky]

She didn't get contacted by any of those individuals. She submitted the question to info@dodmets.com and got a response from someone with a @civteam.com domain suffix. Should we have her email appropriate contact in that list as well?

This person said for her to print the survey and manually make the changes and sign and date where the changes were made and she can review those changes with the medical provider when she makes her appointment.

@Capt MJ thank you for sending that i was looking for the contacts on the dodmets.com website. not the https://dodmerb.tricare.osd.mil/Contacts.aspx site.

 

[Capt MJ]

She didn't get contacted by any of those individuals. She submitted the question to info@dodmets.com and got a response from someone with a @civteam.com domain suffix. Should we have her email appropriate contact in that list as well?

This person said for her to print the survey and manually make the changes and sign and date where the changes were made and she can review those changes with the medical provider when she makes her appointment.

@Capt MJ thank you for sending that i was looking for the contacts on the dodmets.com website. not the https://dodmerb.tricare.osd.mil/Contacts.aspx site.

I guessed you might be at the other place. Easy to conflate.

 

[Azawinsky]

Just sent an email to her contact. Waiting a response. Thanks Capt MJ for your help. I am confident she will be fine, but it is definitely a lesson for her to slow down and listen to her superiors (dad).