food allergy question

[ccm02]

I am currently an undergraduate student interested in commissioning into the Navy via OCS for a pilot slot when I graduate. However, I had an allergic reaction to fish when I was a 5 year old (I ate a piece of fish and had a reaction, was administered Benadryl and was fine). Because of that I got an allergy test and found that I am allergic to salmon, flounder, and tuna however all other fish including shell fish are fine for me to eat. I just had another allergy test recently and the test came back that I do still in fact have an allergy to these three fish. I have lived with this allergy for 15 years and it has never affected my life I even worked at a restaurant in high school where I had to prepare and plate salmon and I had no problems being around it or touching it and I haven't had a reaction since the incident when I was a kid and when I did my most recent skin allergy test. Is something like this waiverable? I am asking this because upon my own research I have found that food allergies are an automatic disqualification from military service. Other than this I am perfectly healthy and would require no waivers for any other military or NAMI physical requirements

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

I am currently an undergraduate student interested in commissioning into the Navy via OCS for a pilot slot when I graduate. However, I had an allergic reaction to fish when I was a 5 year old (I ate a piece of fish and had a reaction, was administered Benadryl and was fine). Because of that I got an allergy test and found that I am allergic to salmon, flounder, and tuna however all other fish including shell fish are fine for me to eat. I just had another allergy test recently and the test came back that I do still in fact have an allergy to these three fish. I have lived with this allergy for 15 years and it has never affected my life I even worked at a restaurant in high school where I had to prepare and plate salmon and I had no problems being around it or touching it and I haven't had a reaction since the incident when I was a kid and when I did my most recent skin allergy test. Is something like this waiverable? I am asking this because upon my own research I have found that food allergies are an automatic disqualification from military service. Other than this I am perfectly healthy and would require no waivers for any other military or NAMI physical requirements

No need to post multiple threads on this. You’ll need a waiver and it’ll be reviewed and decided on a case by case basis.

If you haven’t already talk to an officer recruiter.

 

[ccm02]

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No need to post multiple threads on this. You’ll need a waiver and it’ll be reviewed and decided on a case by case basis.

If you haven’t already talk to an officer recruiter.

Gotcha, thanks

 

[exNavyOffRec]

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Gotcha, thanks

The Officer Recruiter will need copies of documents to submit, if you have them on hand that will help. The fact that it is mild is good.

One of the people I sent to OCS as a SNA found out he had a mild shellfish allergy while at OCS, he was able to commission but was not cleared for URL designators.

 

[ccm02]

The Officer Recruiter will need copies of documents to submit, if you have them on hand that will help. The fact that it is mild is good.

One of the people I sent to OCS as a SNA found out he had a mild shellfish allergy while at OCS, he was able to commission but was not cleared for URL designators.

So he wasn’t able to fly, but he could do RL jobs?

 

[exNavyOffRec]

So he wasn’t able to fly, but he could do RL jobs?

yes, but everything is case by case, your documents and what they say could be key.