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acebabe

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Hello!
I am about to re-enter the process of applying to USNA; application opens April 1st. I was unable to complete my CFA by the deadline last year, so my application was never reviewed. When I was looking at the DoDMERB Medical Questionnaire, it says about wheezing. If I wheezed when 2 years old, should I check yes for wheezing? I have never wheezed or had any breathing problems after that.

The Navy Medical DQ Handbook states this;
(4) Current or history of asthma (493) (including reactive airway disease, exercise induced bronchospasm or asthmatic bronchitis) reliably diagnosed and symptomatic after the 13th birthday is disqualifying. Reliable diagnostic criteria may include any of the following elements: substantiated history of cough, wheeze, chest tightness and or dyspnea which persists or recurs over a prolonged period of time, generally more than 12 months.

None of that applies to me at all. So my ultimate question is, when I get to the DoDMERB phase, should I check yes for wheezing?
 
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If it will be in your medical record, you are better off putting yes. They will most likely do a remedial and now would be the time to make sure you have the documentation to back up the claim that you have no other issues associated with it so that when you get the remedial, you have the papers to support your claim.

If you say "no" and they start looking at medical records, it can bite you in the butt....

But that's just my opinion....
 
jaglvr said:
If it will be in your medical record, you are better off putting yes. They will most likely do a remedial and now would be the time to make sure you have the documentation to back up the claim that you have no other issues associated with it so that when you get the remedial, you have the papers to support your claim.

If you say "no" and they start looking at medical records, it can bite you in the butt....

But that's just my opinion....
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This condition would not appear in any medical records, seeing as this was 16 years ago and my doctor I went to is no longer working there and they usually toss medical records after 7 years. So do you think I’d be okay to check “no”?
 
[/QUOTE]This condition would not appear in any medical records, seeing as this was 16 years ago and my doctor I went to is no longer working there and they usually toss medical records after 7 years. So do you think I’d be okay to check “no”?[/QUOTE]

In our state medical records are required to be maintained until a minor reaches the age of majority or 10 years, whichever is longer. Get a copy of your records so you can see what they contain. It may jog your memory about some long ago treatment, test, etc that has moved into the attic of your brain.
 
acebabe said:
Hello!
I am about to re-enter the process of applying to USNA; application opens April 1st. I was unable to complete my CFA by the deadline last year, so my application was never reviewed. When I was looking at the DoDMERB Medical Questionnaire, it says about wheezing. If I wheezed when 2 years old, should I check yes for wheezing? I have never wheezed or had any breathing problems after that.

The Navy Medical DQ Handbook states this;
(4) Current or history of asthma (493) (including reactive airway disease, exercise induced bronchospasm or asthmatic bronchitis) reliably diagnosed and symptomatic after the 13th birthday is disqualifying. Reliable diagnostic criteria may include any of the following elements: substantiated history of cough, wheeze, chest tightness and or dyspnea which persists or recurs over a prolonged period of time, generally more than 12 months.

None of that applies to me at all. So my ultimate question is, when I get to the DoDMERB phase, should I check yes for wheezing?
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If none of that applies to you.. the answer is no
 
JRS92078 said:
acebabe said:
Hello!
I am about to re-enter the process of applying to USNA; application opens April 1st. I was unable to complete my CFA by the deadline last year, so my application was never reviewed. When I was looking at the DoDMERB Medical Questionnaire, it says about wheezing. If I wheezed when 2 years old, should I check yes for wheezing? I have never wheezed or had any breathing problems after that.

The Navy Medical DQ Handbook states this;
(4) Current or history of asthma (493) (including reactive airway disease, exercise induced bronchospasm or asthmatic bronchitis) reliably diagnosed and symptomatic after the 13th birthday is disqualifying. Reliable diagnostic criteria may include any of the following elements: substantiated history of cough, wheeze, chest tightness and or dyspnea which persists or recurs over a prolonged period of time, generally more than 12 months.

None of that applies to me at all. So my ultimate question is, when I get to the DoDMERB phase, should I check yes for wheezing?
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If none of that applies to you.. the answer is no
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The reason I ask, is because the DoDMERB Medical Questionnaire is very vague. It simply says "If you have or have had". I didn't know whether I should take into consideration the Naval Standards when answering the questionnaire..
 
This condition would not appear in any medical records, seeing as this was 16 years ago and my doctor I went to is no longer working there and they usually toss medical records after 7 years. So do you think I’d be okay to check “no”?[/QUOTE]

In our state medical records are required to be maintained until a minor reaches the age of majority or 10 years, whichever is longer. Get a copy of your records so you can see what they contain. It may jog your memory about some long ago treatment, test, etc that has moved into the attic of your brain.[/QUOTE]
These records were in Florida, and I am currently 18, so I think those would be gone by now. Thank you for the advice!
 
Well of course not. I was told by my mother; I just don’t want anything to backfire on me if they were to obtain that information somehow.
 
acebabe said:
Hello!
I am about to re-enter the process of applying to USNA; application opens April 1st. I was unable to complete my CFA by the deadline last year, so my application was never reviewed. When I was looking at the DoDMERB Medical Questionnaire, it says about wheezing. If I wheezed when 2 years old, should I check yes for wheezing? I have never wheezed or had any breathing problems after that.

The Navy Medical DQ Handbook states this;
(4) Current or history of asthma (493) (including reactive airway disease, exercise induced bronchospasm or asthmatic bronchitis) reliably diagnosed and symptomatic after the 13th birthday is disqualifying. Reliable diagnostic criteria may include any of the following elements: substantiated history of cough, wheeze, chest tightness and or dyspnea which persists or recurs over a prolonged period of time, generally more than 12 months.

None of that applies to me at all. So my ultimate question is, when I get to the DoDMERB phase, should I check yes for wheezing?
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I was 5 and hospitalized for a couple of weeks went septic and almost died. I put all of this in my medical records and not even a remedial for it. Instead i had remedials for GERD history and an orthopedic surgery. I don’t think they pay too much attention to things that happened to us over a decade ago if it didn’t follow us
 
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