Put on remedial because of eczema

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Iceman1

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Hello,

I was awarded a full NROTC scholarship to the University of Illinois back in december and I found out today that DoDMERB changed my status to remedial due to a past history of eczema that has not recurred for many years. Although it has not shown up for many years, even if it were to show up again it would in no way affect my ability to do my duties as a Naval officer. When I send all of my medical records to the DoDMERB should I also have my dermatologist write me a letter stating that I have not had a problem for years and it will not affect my performance? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jeff
 
Iceman, click on the DoDMERB forum, and get Larry Mullen's email, and he will respond within 24 hours, many times within a few hours. He is the Deputy Director of DoDMERB, so you can bank on the info.
 
similar thing happened to me with eczema but with USNA. I sent a letter from the doctor who initially diagnosed me along with my records. DoDMERB later asked for a remedial through one of their people in which I was deemed clear and I now have an appointment to USNA. If you don't still have eczema, and it was never severe, I don't see why it should be an issue. Follow up with the DoDMERB contact though.
 
DS received a remedial for eczema- he need to fill out and send the eczema questionnaire. When he was 13 he had developed a red patch on his face/forehead. Doc gave him some antihistamines and an antibiotic cream and it went away in a week. Doc also suspected a pillow that he was using might have caused it. Son disclosed this in his medical history and received remedial. In the medical history form, the question was "did you ever have any skin problem?", to which he replied YES. In the remedial however the question is "do you have any chronic skin problem?" which my DS doesn't have, it was a one time thing. How should he answer this? just answer NO and send it? answer NO and provide additional info? go to a dermatologist and obtain a report? Any advice will be helpful. Thanks in advance.
 
af99 said:
DS received a remedial for eczema- he need to fill out and send the eczema questionnaire. When he was 13 he had developed a red patch on his face/forehead. Doc gave him some antihistamines and an antibiotic cream and it went away in a week. Doc also suspected a pillow that he was using might have caused it. Son disclosed this in his medical history and received remedial. In the medical history form, the question was "did you ever have any skin problem?", to which he replied YES. In the remedial however the question is "do you have any chronic skin problem?" which my DS doesn't have, it was a one time thing. How should he answer this? just answer NO and send it? answer NO and provide additional info? go to a dermatologist and obtain a report? Any advice will be helpful. Thanks in advance.
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Respond to the question they are asking, not the question you think they are asking. Have info ready to send if they request it, but no need to send anything in unless they need it. It's important to answer honestly whatever they ask you, but don't create more headaches for you or them by self-diagnosing or giving unnecessary information.
 
And lest it not be clear, the answer in your case is NO it is not chronic.
 
You are only in the first step of this process. Don't get ahead of yourself. This is not one you need to bother Larry Mullen about either.
https://goldenknightbattalion.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/dodmerb-part-1-open-up-and-say-ahhhh/
This is a link to part one of a three part blog series about the process you may find helpful.

Remedial are just requests for more info. If they ask you to fill out a survey or submit records there is no need to make additional appointments and generate more records.
 
The answer is No. A one time occurrence is not chronic.

Your son answered the initial question correctly, he did have a skin problem, he went to the doctor and he was diagnosed with something, maybe just a rash, but it was a skin problem.
 
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