Headache waiver?

[rotcmom2022]

Daughter was denied due to previous headaches- has a AROTC 4yr scholarship- both her pediatrician and neurologist submitted letters stating that she has never had any restrictions due to headaches. How long does the waiver generally take? She is nervous that it will be denied. Any info would be helpful. Has anyone with headache history been approved?

 

[Impulsive]

Unfortunately, no one on these forums (except Mr. Mullen and he is away) can give you the answer you are seeking. Every Waiver is different, and each waiver authority reviews each one with different eyes and needs. Even others on here with similar issues will not be able to give you direct accurate answers. You seem to be doing everything you can and are being proactive, sometimes decisions on waivers take time, hopefully your daughter's will be resolved before fall classes begin and she can contract. If time starts getting short, have her talk to her command, a lot of schools will cover the first or first two semesters of expenses to keep the student (if her grades, leadership, and athletics are all good) by giving them a one semester or year "in house" scholarship.

 

[GWU PNS (emeritus)]

Daughter was denied due to previous headaches- has a AROTC 4yr scholarship- both her pediatrician and neurologist submitted letters stating that she has never had any restrictions due to headaches. How long does the waiver generally take? She is nervous that it will be denied. Any info would be helpful. Has anyone with headache history been approved?

Waiver times are based on the amount of waiver requests in the system at any given time and are different for each branch of service.

Doctors will generally say that a person has no restrictions, but a military specialist needs to consider situations such as a person pulling "G's" in an aircraft or bouncing around in a tank or humvee or a whole range of other factors that many civilian doctors may not be familiar with.

And whatever medication a person may have taken can be a factor. Based on nothing more than several years heading up NROTC, I can say that any condition affecting anything from the neck up is not a quick decision. And that careful consideration is as much to protect the applicant as it is the branch of service.