Waiver denied/AFROTC... what to do?

Falcon A said:
76momm said:
My son wrote a letter to the Air Force surgeon general with all his info, and he received a letter back that stated “your case was found to exceed Air Force waiver criteria.” So he’s still disqualified. We have attempted to contact anyone from the regional ROTC director, the detachment at college, local recruiters, and others just to get clarification and some answers. Either we don’t get a response, speak with someone who isn’t knowledgeable on the topic, or get conflicting answers. I hope to find a resolution, but he may need to start focusing on plan B. I hope you have more success in your situation.
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Very sorry to hear this . . . it seems from many posts (and our own experience) that the Air Force medical waiver authorities are the most "conservative". I have mentioned before that it is interesting that for the Army and the Navy, the medical waiver authorities are the "commanders" (i.e. USMA Supt., USNA Supt., AROTC Cammanding General,etc.) and they are advised by their medical staff. But in the AF, the medical waiver authorities are the doctors, not the commanders. I suspect this is cultural. The joke within the AF is "Who is the most powerful officer?" -- It's not the Chief of Staff, it is the Flight Surgeon because he can take the Chief"s wings away!"

If your DS can see himself serving in another Branch, he might try that. I bet his AFROTC Det Staff there at the Citadel would be happy to assist him moving to the Army or Navy.\

Best wishes to you and your DS, and a special thank you to him for being willing to serve.
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Can you tell me how you write to the Surgeon General?
I can google the website, but of course no physical mail address. How to email?
 
Did Mr Mullen recommend to send a message to the AETC SG or the USAF SG?
 
fundocs said:
Can you tell me how you write to the Surgeon General?
I can google the website, but of course no physical mail address. How to email?
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So sorry I’m just now seeing this, fundocs! I haven’t been on here in a while. I totally understand your frustration, especially when the response my DS got from the letter to the SG said “after careful review” he was still disqualified. And I’m feeling like “Did you even read it? If you carefully reviewed it, you’d see that it was a misdiagnosis.”

The address he used was:
HQ USAF/SG
1780 Air Force Pentagon
Washington, DC 20330-1780

It was addressed to Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, but I believe the SG is Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg now. My DS also reached out to our senator, whose AF liaison also contacted the SG on his behalf, but he was still disqualified.

I hope this process turns out to be a positive one for you all! Best wishes!
 
Falcon A said:
fundocs -- IMHO it is NOT the folks at DoDMERB. They can only review the record and compare it to the standard described in DoDI 6130.03.

http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/613003p.pdf?ver=2018-04-09-114201-123

The DoDMERB staff has little discretion afforded to them. The DECISION authority is vested in the MEDICAL WAIVER AUTHORITY at each SA and each ROTC. As I have previously said, the AF medical waiver authority (@ AETC for AFROTC and at USAFA ) are the most "conservative" in their decisions.

I know this is frustrating . . . been through it . . . my DS ended up going Army because they would grant a medical waiver where the AF would not . . .

Truly Best Wishes . . . Please keep us apprised!
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Wanted to keep you updated since you have been most helpful. After a lot of writing back and forth, Lawrence Mullen at Dodmerb has been the MOST helpful person on this earth through this process. He actually took the time to read and respond to our detailed explanation as we are physicians and parents who thought our DS was so ridiculous and some of it was medically untrue. Anyway, he forwarded it to various people including what looked like AETC command. This week we found out our DS was medically waived for AFROTC!! He’s back in! Thanks for your responses. I see you are on this site a lot. Many people will appreciate your input as we have. There ARE happy success stories, wanted to share ours. My Motto, be persistent and NEVER give UP!
 
That's awesome. We're going through my son being DQed right now. Would you mind sharing what a waiver was needed for and what steps helped?
 
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