Pending disqualification for asthma after 13

[Bag-Dad-1]

Good morning,

My DS has received his congressional nomination and is highly qualified for admission. Grades, CFA, and activities are all great. We received notice that he was pending disqualification for a repaired ACL tear and for asthma. We provided an airtight AMI for his ACL repair but have run into difficulties determining what is required for the asthma determination. The representative from DODMERB has not provided clear guidance on what can be provided to appeal the asthma determination. My DS has not had asthma since middle school. We were able to call in a favor and my DS has an appointment for a spirometer test on Monday and we will submit the results along with a statement regarding my DS’s lack of asthma symptoms since he was 12 as well as the fact that his asthma attacks at the time were triggered not by exertion but by air quality (extreme dust while running hill sprints for football while in middle school). Are there any other steps we can take to get this resolved? My DS is a beast and would thrive at WP.

 

[HawkeyeMom]

My DD was DQ'd last year for hx of asthma after age 13 (she had 1 inhaler prescribed 2 months after her 13th birthday). She did get her waiver approved for both AFROTC and USAFA. Each case is different, but this is what was requested of her and she provided: pulmonologist visits, pharmacology and MD notes r/t any asthma visits, spirometry with bronchodilator, methacholine challenge tests (she ended up with 2), and she had exercise stress tests (x2). She passed the MCT's. I have no idea why she had 2 requests for 2 exercise stress tests, except maybe the second pulmonologist didn't write a strong enough letter and/or the results from the first one weren't conclusive enough (she did well on it)??? Anyway, we went back to our original local pulmonologist for the second request and he referred us to a large well-known medical center, which is where our location refers patients for specialty care. That's where she did the second exercise stress test and she passed with unquestionable results and their pediatric pulmonologist stated she had no evidence of asthma. After we submitted the results of the second exercise stress tests, AFROTC granted a waiver. USAFA had already granted a waiver the day of the second exercise stress test.

 

[MullenLE]

Bag-Dad-1= Google "DoDMERB;" Hit "Questions on the process;" Read paragraph #4

DS = send me an email; lawrence.e.mullen.civ@mail.mil; provide complete name and last 4 SSN; paste the text of Parent post, not the link, to YOUR email