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The Eyes have it - All things Vision-related

SkyBronco said:
Hey everyone, I’ve been waiting over a month now for my medical letter to come in. I already went to MEPS and the only issue I have is the 6 month waiting period for my LASIK doesn’t end until late October which would make me miss the November board. I was hoping I could get a waiver for LASIK and I’ve submitted all the relevant documents demonstrating stable vision. Is it typical for N3M to wait until 6 months after LASIK to issue your letter or will they just issue me a denial eventually and I can get a waiver from there?
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I tried a couple of times to get approval before my 6 month mark. They denied it every time until I hit 6 months post surgery.
 
SkyBronco said:
Hey everyone, I’ve been waiting over a month now for my medical letter to come in. I already went to MEPS and the only issue I have is the 6 month waiting period for my LASIK doesn’t end until late October which would make me miss the November board. I was hoping I could get a waiver for LASIK and I’ve submitted all the relevant documents demonstrating stable vision. Is it typical for N3M to wait until 6 months after LASIK to issue your letter or will they just issue me a denial eventually and I can get a waiver from there?
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The normal rule of thumb is 6 months. If you eyes fully stabilize prior, you can always attempt for a waiver sooner. Otherwise, try again at the 6 month mark.
 
Hello everyone I wanted to ask if someone knows what is the current turnaround time for N3M to make decisions for a waiver.
I submitted my documents on July 22, 2025
How backed up are they?
 
FormerRecruitingGuru said:
Are you sure you're not confusing with MEPS? Have you followed up with your recruiter?
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I went to MEPS on April 1,
They disqualified me for a Pneumothorax incident I had in September 2022
I have submitted all the CT scan reports along with Doctor's interpretations.

Asked my recruiter on Monday, he told me "the processor is going send them an email"
 
aagmanrelan said:
I went to MEPS on April 1,
They disqualified me for a Pneumothorax incident I had in September 2022
I have submitted all the CT scan reports along with Doctor's interpretations.

Asked my recruiter on Monday, he told me "the processor is going send them an email"
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I would follow up.
 
Hello all 👋

I did my eye physical yesterday at a Navy clinic for SNA. I passed everything swimmingly until I got to the Maddox Rod Test. It took until I got to the 20 prizm to see the red line get near to the white dot for the vertical side. For horizontal, it met immediately.

The eye doctor didn’t say anything about it at the time, and even said I was fine following the eye exam, but when I looked at the limits for SNA versus my results, I noticed that I was horribly out of limits for exophoria.

Would it be worth it to try eye exercises, and go to a different optometrist to try the test again before I give up on SNA? I wasn’t really expecting this because my eyes have never given me any kind of headache or other issues, and I pass the depth perception 10/10, and have for years.
 
FormerRecruitingGuru said:
I would follow up.
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Ok
I followed up on this

My recruiter told me my waiver is actually an appeal for a denied waiver so it takes longer.
He told me the waiver got denied right after I went to MEPS (because I never submitted the documents for the MEPS pre read)
So they denied my waiver which we are trying to appeal.
That's what my recruiter has told me
 
aagmanrelan said:
Ok
I followed up on this

My recruiter told me my waiver is actually an appeal for a denied waiver so it takes longer.
He told me the waiver got denied right after I went to MEPS (because I never submitted the documents for the MEPS pre read)
So they denied my waiver which we are trying to appeal.
That's what my recruiter has told me
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Ok so did you submit addl paperwork?
 
N
Framer said:
Hello all 👋

I did my eye physical yesterday at a Navy clinic for SNA. I passed everything swimmingly until I got to the Maddox Rod Test. It took until I got to the 20 prizm to see the red line get near to the white dot for the vertical side. For horizontal, it met immediately.

The eye doctor didn’t say anything about it at the time, and even said I was fine following the eye exam, but when I looked at the limits for SNA versus my results, I noticed that I was horribly out of limits for exophoria.

Would it be worth it to try eye exercises, and go to a different optometrist to try the test again before I give up on SNA? I wasn’t really expecting this because my eyes have never given me any kind of headache or other issues, and I pass the depth perception 10/10, and have for years.
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nvm. I read my paper wrong
 
Does anyone have any experience with Blepharitis? I had an exam with my Ophthalmologist and he said my eyes look great, but i may have some Blepharitis on one of my eyelids. It doesn’t affect my vision or eye health, its just kinda red. He said its strictly cosmetic and sees no issue with pursuing a flying career.
 
DocHolliday said:
Does anyone have any experience with Blepharitis? I had an exam with my Ophthalmologist and he said my eyes look great, but i may have some Blepharitis on one of my eyelids. It doesn’t affect my vision or eye health, its just kinda red. He said its strictly cosmetic and sees no issue with pursuing a flying career.
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It sounds like the eye doctor answered your question.
 
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