DQed for Keratoconus, Waiver submitted

To anyone, who is diagnosed KCN looking into rated, I am here to say there is a wavier for it as I was notified yesterday that my wavier has been cleared and not just cleared for commissioning but medically cleared for pilot, reassigning me my pilot slot and all. The best advice I can give is not to give up as it took 6 months of waiting after doing the CXL surgery to be approved and in the end, it all worked out now I plan to head to Vance AFB by the end of this month!

- Feel free to email me if you have any questions
tobaadebimpe@gmail.com
 
toba16 said:
To anyone, who is diagnosed KCN looking into rated, I am here to say there is a wavier for it as I was notified yesterday that my wavier has been cleared and not just cleared for commissioning but medically cleared for pilot, reassigning me my pilot slot and all. The best advice I can give is not to give up as it took 6 months of waiting after doing the CXL surgery to be approved and in the end, it all worked out now I plan to head to Vance AFB by the end of this month!

- Feel free to email me if you have any questions
tobaadebimpe@gmail.com
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Could you clarify if you went through the DODMERB waiver process for ROTC or a service academy? If SA, which one?
 
toba16 said:
To anyone, who is diagnosed KCN looking into rated, I am here to say there is a wavier for it as I was notified yesterday that my wavier has been cleared and not just cleared for commissioning but medically cleared for pilot, reassigning me my pilot slot and all. The best advice I can give is not to give up as it took 6 months of waiting after doing the CXL surgery to be approved and in the end, it all worked out now I plan to head to Vance AFB by the end of this month!

- Feel free to email me if you have any questions
tobaadebimpe@gmail.com
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I was wondering were you diagnosed with mild, moderate or severe keratoconus?
 
KAS71 said:
I was wondering were you diagnosed with mild, moderate or severe keratoconus?
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I was diagnosed with a very small case as I went to 2 other doctors to get a second opinion before doing anything, and one of the doctors didn't even notice it
 
toba16 said:
I was diagnosed with a very small case as I went to 2 other doctors to get a second opinion before doing anything, and one of the doctors didn't even notice it
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Thanks! My son never knew until he went for his eye exam for commissioning. He was told by two ophthalmologists that he had such a mild case, they were surprised that military caught it.
 
momo1512 said:
My son was recently disqualified for suspected keratoconus in one eye. I sought a 2nd opinion and that my doctor did confirm the eye disease. Trying to figure out our options at this point. He is a candidate for the cross-linking procedure but I don’t want the surgery to be an automatic disqualification. Does anyone know if waivers have been provided in the past for keratoconus and if cross-linking procedure was required for approval? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

His vision is currently 20/15 in right eye and 20/25 in left eye (with KC)
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Did he get the waiver?
 
Looking for advice. Son was diagnosed with KC during his testing for commissioning back in November. It was a mild case and had CXL done right away. 3-4 month check up showed it is stable. He talked to flight surgeon who diagnosed him and told him he needs to wait at least 6 month and that both eyes need to be corrected to 20/20 with glasses (he's 20/20 and 20/25) even before submitting anything to NAMI. He was told "the odds of a waiver being granted are extremely negligible, so you should be making alternate plans now and be prepared for a no response when we eventually submit to NAMI." He's wondering if he should continue to fight for his NFO selection or commission as general commission.
 
momo1512 said:
Feel free to DM me with questions.
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Would love to pick your brain. I have responded to your DM. Wondering when your DS had the CXL. Did he wait the 6 months post-op before the waiver could be submitted? And lastly, how long from submitting waiver until waiver was given? Thanks!
 
momo1512 said:
Feel free to DM me with questions.
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Hi Im currently struggling with what to do with my condition. I did cross linking a few years ago and was still denied. I can't seem to find a DM button anywhere if you could help me I would really appreciate it.
 
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