I'm going to say something that I don't want people to read into. And I'm not going to debate it either. I simply want to make a statement for anyone younger who is going to be applying for the class of 2020 or beyond and is reading this thread and using it as info for later. I reply many times in posts NOT to the original poster, but to the many lurkers who are reading them and may not have asked any specific questions.
I an not replying specifically to this post about a "week-long case of eczema" or ANY specific medical condition. But what I want to say is that during your application process, when you're filling out the medical portion, if you are thinking of putting down any medical condition that NO LONGER EXISTS, and was specifically a temporary condition, please check with your ALO and LOD first so they can check up channel to determine if it's considered something that should even be mentioned. Thus, preventing a situation where a can of worms are opened up that shouldn't even have been mentioned.
Again; do NOT read into what I'm saying. I'm not saying to lie on your application and to leave out information that should be there. And I'm not specifically addressing the "week-long case of eczema". I don't have the right answer for whether or not that should have been mentioned being it happened so long ago. But I have seen some individuals who put every imaginable thing on their medical survey. Do you think the academy cares if you had the flu or a cold? How about a twisted ankle playing kick ball in the 4th grade. Or that you cut your arm (No noticeable scar) when you were 10 years old with a knife while you and your dad were camping???
The point is; SOME PEOPLE, either because they think so or their Mom/Dad think it's right, put everything under the sun on their medical report. Every sprain, twist, cut, cold, sniffle, etc... If you do that, you are opening a can of worms. The reason the eczema in this post caught my attention, was because some people exaggerate their situation; or they don't know a better term for what happened to them, and they misrepresent the seriousness. (Not saying the original poster is doing this. DON'T READ INTO THIS). I had an individual a couple of years back who wrote down a skin condition they had. Some sort of allergic reaction. So it was written down as an allergy and other conditions. They initially were coded as medically disqualified. It took a lot of back and forth with his family doctor and the academy; but the result was that the individual had a case of Poison Oak. Do you think that is something that needed to be put on the medical portion of the application? Or at the very least, do you think the academy would have responded the same way if it said "Poison Oak" instead of an "Allergy or Allergic Reaction".
Point is: If it's a medical condition that is NOT ongoing; that was temporary; that is not recent; and isn't obvious; (Such as having a cancerous tumor removed); then check with your ALO and LOD so they can look into how the academy wants it reported. If at all.