spondylolysis waiver
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Help!!!!I'm a mom to 18-year-old! He was told that he needed a waiver from MEPS due to spondylosis. When Luke was 8 or 9 it was accidentally noticed on a Scan when they were ruling out appendicitis during a fever virus episode. We immediately brought Luke to the best Orthopedic Dr in the state and he told my husband and I to not even bring it up to Luke and let him live a normal life. He won't have any issues. So Luke has never had issues and played competitive sports and never had any pain or residual effects. I'm not even sure if Luke knew about it since it happened when he was 9 and it was conversations between his Dr and us. Fast forward to 2023. Luke was just disqualified at MEPs. We want to the orthopedic Dr. And he wrote a letter and we gave it to his recruiter. We have had horrible communication with his recruiter after he was DQ’d at MEPs. He doesn't return. Phone Calls and is not giving any help or direction with the waiver process. Last week his recruiter told Luke and myself through text and call his waiver was accepted. We were thrilled! Then after not hearing anything from the recruiter. I called him and he finally answered and said Luke’s waiver has not been approved. I was working so I didn't get the details but have called and left more messages. Where do we go from here? Please help!!!!!
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Help!!!!I'm a mom to 18-year-old! He was told that he needed a waiver from MEPS due to spondylosis. When Luke was 8 or 9 it was accidentally noticed on a Scan when they were ruling out appendicitis during a fever virus episode. We immediately brought Luke to the best Orthopedic Dr in the state and he told my husband and I to not even bring it up to Luke and let him live a normal life. He won't have any issues. So Luke has never had issues and played competitive sports and never had any pain or residual effects. I'm not even sure if Luke knew about it since it happened when he was 9 and it was conversations between his Dr and us. Fast forward to 2023. Luke was just disqualified at MEPs. We want to the orthopedic Dr. And he wrote a letter and we gave it to his recruiter. We have had horrible communication with his recruiter after he was DQ’d at MEPs. He doesn't return. Phone Calls and is not giving any help or direction with the waiver process. Last week his recruiter told Luke and myself through text and call his waiver was accepted. We were thrilled! Then after not hearing anything from the recruiter. I called him and he finally answered and said Luke’s waiver has not been approved. I was working so I didn't get the details but have called and left more messages. Where do we go from here? Please help!!!!!
This is my email nursemarcee@att.net.
This is my email nursemarcee@att.net.
nursemarcee
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elp!!!!I'm a mom to 18-year-old! He was told that he needed a waiver from MEPS due to spondylosis. When Luke was 8 or 9 it was accidentally noticed on a Scan when they were ruling out appendicitis during a fever virus episode. We immediately brought Luke to the best Orthopedic Dr in the state and he told my husband and I to not even bring it up to Luke and let him live a normal life. He won't have any issues. So Luke has never had issues and played competitive sports and never had any pain or residual effects. I'm not even sure if Luke knew about it since it happened when he was 9 and it was conversations between his Dr and us. Fast forward to 2023. Luke was just disqualified at MEPs. We want to the orthopedic Dr. And he wrote a letter and we gave it to his recruiter. We have had horrible communication with his recruiter after he was DQ’d at MEPs. He doesn't return. Phone Calls and is not giving any help or direction with the waiver process. Last week his recruiter told Luke and myself through text and call his waiver was accepted. We were thrilled! Then after not hearing anything from the recruiter. I called him and he finally answered and said Luke’s waiver has not been approved. I was working so I didn't get the details but have called and left more messages. Where do we go from here? Please help!!!!!
This is my email nursemarcee@att.net.
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Highly recommend you don’t use personally identifying information here, or any public anonymous forum. Especially regarding medical (or financial) situations. Ie your sons name and your personal email.
Your son (not mom/dad) should be contacting his medical contact. Perhaps they aren’t returning your calls bc they can only speak with your son (legal adult). The recruiter isn’t involved in the medical process/decisions. That’s where the answers to your sons questions will be found.
BTW, this is also a DODMERB thread, which is a different agency than MEPS. It’s also a REALLY old one.
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Please message me or let me know what to do. My son is a recruited athlete. We have just been asked to start waiver process for this. He had this 3 years ago and has been a varsity level baseball catcher since then. We have an appt with original orthopedic next week. What else should we do?
Please advise how you got this waiver. I see this was a long time ago, but we would love any advice you have.
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That poster was last active here in 2016, so I suspect they have left the building.
If your son hasn’t yet gone to the DoDMERB website and reviewed the landing page and each of the left-side menu items, including Contacts, that’s a big step toward understanding the process. He can also see the exact standard for military medical accession in the DoDI link. See page 32. That might be helpful for your ortho to see.
DoD Website Consent
I hope @GoCubbies pops up with better insight for you.
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In general, I would say the following are favorable for a waiver:
- if your son has been pain free for the past 3 years, then the orthopedic surgeon should document that
- the physical activities and other sports your son participates in should be mentioned
- I’m assuming the spondylolysis is in the lumbar spine. Get a flexion/extension x-ray of the L-spine to confirm no slippage of vertebrae and resolution of the spondy
- the fact your son is a recruited athlete helps. The coach (or AD) can go to bat for him with the admissions committee
Make sure to include the notes from all the doctor visits from 3 years ago when your son had the back pain issue and then the spondy was found.
No guarantees a waiver is given especially no mention of how bad the spondylolysis was at the time.
Good luck!
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Great news. My daughter is in the same boat bit we caught it very early. Would ove your advice!
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FYI: this post is from 2008. And they have not been on the forums since 2016. You most likely will not hear back from them.
You can put your question in the search function at the top, and be sent to other threats/posts/discussions already held.
Welcome to the forums!