Hello,
I'm appealing to the collective wisdom on this board because I'm run into an issue. I had PRK corrective surgery 8 months ago. My OR has told me that he has never submitted a vision waiver before so that's why I'm not sure if this is going correctly.
When I gave him all my medical records and he submitted my package for a pro-rec he apparently gave all my medical info to MEPS. MEPS said I was disqualified due to the PRK (expected, I need a waiver from NOMI right?), and due to pre-glaucoma (365). Now, I've only have had eye pressure problems at one time, about 1.5-2.0 months right after the surgery, when I was using the steroid. They checked on my eyes, said it was high, gave me some drops, had me come in a week later to check it again, was going down slightly but not as much as they wanted, told me to come back in two weeks and checked it again, where it was fine.
Now my OR says our 'last thing' to do is to submit my medical information to "OOC" and see what they have to say. He says I'm a great candidate and he'll recommend me but it'll be up to them. This seems a bit extreme for one small time with high eye pressure, when it's expected following surgery... is my OR making me extremely nervous unnecessarily? Does that temporary high pressure fall under the blanket of symptoms of the PRK surgery so it would be covered under the PRK waiver?
Shouldn't my OR submit my eye information for a waiver before sending everything to MEPS?
Any information you guys can provide will greatly quell my nerves and give me some ammunition when I talk about this next.
I'm appealing to the collective wisdom on this board because I'm run into an issue. I had PRK corrective surgery 8 months ago. My OR has told me that he has never submitted a vision waiver before so that's why I'm not sure if this is going correctly.
When I gave him all my medical records and he submitted my package for a pro-rec he apparently gave all my medical info to MEPS. MEPS said I was disqualified due to the PRK (expected, I need a waiver from NOMI right?), and due to pre-glaucoma (365). Now, I've only have had eye pressure problems at one time, about 1.5-2.0 months right after the surgery, when I was using the steroid. They checked on my eyes, said it was high, gave me some drops, had me come in a week later to check it again, was going down slightly but not as much as they wanted, told me to come back in two weeks and checked it again, where it was fine.
Now my OR says our 'last thing' to do is to submit my medical information to "OOC" and see what they have to say. He says I'm a great candidate and he'll recommend me but it'll be up to them. This seems a bit extreme for one small time with high eye pressure, when it's expected following surgery... is my OR making me extremely nervous unnecessarily? Does that temporary high pressure fall under the blanket of symptoms of the PRK surgery so it would be covered under the PRK waiver?
Shouldn't my OR submit my eye information for a waiver before sending everything to MEPS?
Any information you guys can provide will greatly quell my nerves and give me some ammunition when I talk about this next.