Waiver

Our honor and privilege to serve:wiggle:
 
Well, I was granted a waiver for the Air Force Academy. However, I have an LOA from the Navy and it is still listed as Under Waiver Review. Any ideas in the difference between one branch process vs. another? Just curious. I have been very impressed with the thoroughness of the process. Just fingers crossed for the waiver to be granted.
 
Q = Any ideas in the difference between one branch process vs. another?

A=The USNA uses a senior medical officer in Admissions to make a recommendation and the Superintendent renders the decision.
A= USAFA uses the AF Recruiting Service/Accession Medical Waiver Division to render the medical waiver decisions.

The process has ZERO effect on the applicant.:wiggle:
 
MullenLE said:
Q = Any ideas in the difference between one branch process vs. another?

A=The USNA uses a senior medical officer in Admissions to make a recommendation and the Superintendent renders the decision.
A= USAFA uses the AF Recruiting Service/Accession Medical Waiver Division to render the medical waiver decisions.

The process has ZERO effect on the applicant.:wiggle:
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I don’t see how the process has ZERO effect on the applicant since the decision will determine their future…
 
Simply stated, their processes...are their processes. The applicant has no input, control, or involvement in their processes or their decision, ergo it has ZERO effect on the applicant. As stated in the "Questions on the process" document on the website, if the waiver authorities want and additional consults, tests, records, and/or information, they'll ask for it thru DoDMERB, with great specificity (e.g. " we {in this case USAFA and/or USNA} want a copy of the medical records for the clinic visit on 12 May 2021 and results of an EKG within the past 6 months):wiggle:
 
I agree that the applicant has ZERO control, but it’s untrue to say that the applicant has ZERO involvement, input, or that the process has ZERO effect on them, for obvious reasons. Applicants initiate the process, answer the questions, respond to requests, send in AMI (for example), and ultimately have to live with decisions. It’s plausible for applicants to want to understand the process, and your presence here greatly helps with that :wiggle:
 
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Q = Any ideas in the difference between one branch process vs. another?

A= The answer to the question, was the differences outlined above regarding USNA and USAFA, Applicants do not initiate the waiver process for any Academy... Admissions does or does not. The vast majority of medical waiver decisions are made all the time, by all the Academies, where there are no questions nor AMI...the decisions are granted or denied. Living with the decisions are not part of the "difference between one branch process vs another" ... the questions asked.:wiggle:
 
Ok - I was opining on you comment “The process has ZERO effect on the applicant”, which is incorrect. You are correct that the individual academies initiate the waiver process, but it is the candidates that initiate the DoDMERB proceess (by their application to an academy). I think what you meant to say was, “The applicant has zero effect on the process” which is only slightly less incorrect. :wiggle:
 
Thanks for your review.
My answer to the question asked, was correct.
The question was NOT about the DoDMERB process, it was about the WAIVER process:zip:
 
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