Medical Waiver or Automatic DQ

[HPDTOPGUN]

Our son has been in the application process for over a week now and we were advised of this forum for questions we may have moving forward. So, here is our question after reading several threads regarding the waiver and DQ steps; is there is a specific curvature of scoliosis that is an absolute fixed number for DQ? He is and has always has been very athletic and still participates without any setbacks in HS varsity sports (basketball, XC, golf, martial arts). His curvatures are more than 20 degrees as we’ve read on here, but you can’t even tell unless you have a trained eye with his athletic build. Any factual help would be most appreciated and thank you in advance!

Thank You

 

[GoCubbies]

It's impossible to judge angle based on how someone looks with the naked eye. Curvatures are assessed via x-ray like a scoliosis survey.

What's his Cobb angle?

 

[tex2021]

It's impossible to judge angle based on how someone looks with the naked eye. Curvatures are assessed via x-ray like a scoliosis survey.

What's his Cobb angle?

What is the max Cobb angle allowable for the 3 main SAs ? USAFA, USMA and USNA. Thanks.

 

[HPDTOPGUN]

Cobb is 38°

 

[GoCubbies]

Cobb is 38°

Someone one this forum, if I recall, got a waiver for either scoliosis or kyphosis but was 1-2 degrees beyond the standards.

Gosh. I don’t know if any of the services waive anything more than 5 degrees. For the USAF, it’s 20 degrees for lumbar and 30 degrees for thoracic.

Take my knowledge with a grain a salt though. I have never worked for the waiver authority for any of the commissioning sources of any service.