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Medical Waiver
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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The recruiter or MEPS puts in the waiver. Anyone trying to join right now with a waiver is almost for sure going to get denied as the USN is being very picky who they allow to join.
Not everyone is qualified to join the military, recommend she have a back up plan.
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My daughter has already gone into the navy as a corpsman and has already graduated boot camp, so this is totally different than a new recruit.
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If she was seperated from the USN, she has to go throught he whole process all over again...so yes it is like she is a new recruit....reality sense she has finished bootcamp...she is a NAVET which makes it ever harder for her to come back.
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Permalink Reply by CaptainFatso on
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While I'm in no position to comment on the veracity of your claims, I suspect that your daughter is in for a fight. I've waged more than one battle with government bureaucracy in my lifetime and believe me, the Navy, being a federal organization, can be quite a bureaucracy. There is a reason why line sailors and soldiers throughout our history have not so affectionately given some of those in that bureaucracy derogatory names like REMF.
Understand, she's starting from a position of weakness. No one has "a right" to be a sailor.
From that position of weakness, she may need to become as conversant in the medical facts surrounding her case as MDs. She's going to need a thorough understanding that is backed up with hard core documentation. It seems that she's not only going to have to demonstrably show how the Navy doctors erred, but that they also acted contrary to medical best practices in making their assessment.
Once she's an expert on her on the facts of the diagnosis, she's got to learn to communicate it in a way that mortals can understand.
After she's prepared, she's going to need to find a champion and coach within that organization or within a congressional office. Her passion alone is not enough. She needs to find someone else who is willing to share her passion.
After all that, she still may not succeed. In the unfortunate event that she doesn't succeed, look at the bright side. Fighters are always in demand. Her future will be secure.
In fact, if she puts in THAT kind of effort and loses, its the Navy's loss. Some other employer will consider her their gain ;)
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