Hi
I am a sophomore in high school and I am wanting to do army rotc in college. If i receive a scholarship, I have a question:
I was diagnosed with asthma at the age of 4. I have not experienced symptoms since the age of 9 and my doctor has confirmed this on my medical records. Looking at the army regulation, at this point I would qualify. But my problem is that I have had an inhaler that has been on my prescription list. The thing is, i haven’t used my inhaler ONCE since I was 10. And the only reason we still have it on the prescription was because we were kind of like “sure, he doesn’t use it but it doesn’t hurt to keep it on the prescription.”
My doctor and I didn’t realize that this would disqualify until i was 15 and a freshman and then he took it off my prescription list. Is there anything I could do to explain to the medical team about the situation that I was in and that we were just unaware of th regulation? My doctor has written that I haven’t had symptoms since I was 9 and that I haven’t USED the inhaler since I was 10 also.
Please help I’m freaking out. All I want to do is serve my country, and I felt literally crushed when I found out the no prescription past 13 reg.
My parents and doctor feel so bad for me because they didn’t realize that a prescription that I never used and didn’t need would ruin my military rotc hopes.
Thanks
I am a sophomore in high school and I am wanting to do army rotc in college. If i receive a scholarship, I have a question:
I was diagnosed with asthma at the age of 4. I have not experienced symptoms since the age of 9 and my doctor has confirmed this on my medical records. Looking at the army regulation, at this point I would qualify. But my problem is that I have had an inhaler that has been on my prescription list. The thing is, i haven’t used my inhaler ONCE since I was 10. And the only reason we still have it on the prescription was because we were kind of like “sure, he doesn’t use it but it doesn’t hurt to keep it on the prescription.”
My doctor and I didn’t realize that this would disqualify until i was 15 and a freshman and then he took it off my prescription list. Is there anything I could do to explain to the medical team about the situation that I was in and that we were just unaware of th regulation? My doctor has written that I haven’t had symptoms since I was 9 and that I haven’t USED the inhaler since I was 10 also.
Please help I’m freaking out. All I want to do is serve my country, and I felt literally crushed when I found out the no prescription past 13 reg.
My parents and doctor feel so bad for me because they didn’t realize that a prescription that I never used and didn’t need would ruin my military rotc hopes.
Thanks