Hi I posted on here sporadically through out the last few years. Been trying to get in the Navy for like the past four years. However it looks like I finally come to the end of my rope. You see I have had issues with depression in the past. I went to MEPs already and was disqualified. That was three years ago. I went to a recruiter and they pretty much told me that I would be flat out disqualified. They offerred me two options. One I could go back to a new psychiatrist and get revaluted by him her. Then I would take his report and submit it along with my past records to what they call "Big Navy" (a bigger medical place I guess). Of course that would have to be submitted along with my first denial from MEPS. The hope is that by doing this I get somebody reviewing my file who is totally sympathetic. So its pretty much a crap shoot. Also it could take up to a year and a half and right now I'm 25 and a half, so time is of the essence.
The second option was for me to go enlisted and then rise up through the ranks to officer. This the recruiter told me would take a while and mean doing a lot of grunt work which I don't mind. He had me talked to a newly comissioned officer who came up through the enlisted ranks and was also an elisted recruiter. I explained my case to this officer and he said sine I had been off meds for almost five years that I would have a good chance get in through this root. How he explained it was that the form you fill out for Meps is viewed a little differently than it is for officers. So I guess its like a loophole. He told me not to lie about but to put on my form how long it was since I took my meds. He said that since it had been so long they would probably not look any further into it.
Unfortunately I think screwed the whole thing up because I disclosed it to the enlisted recruiter right from the start. He sent for my forms to see if I had been permantly dissqualified. It been over two weeks and I haven't heard anything yet. Now when I was disqualified the first the recruiter I had been dealing with the at the time told me I had been dissaproved from further processing. However he said that I could apply agin for waiver as long as waited six months in between. I'd like to add more to this because Im sure I left blanks but if anyone can give me their from what I have down so far I would really appreciate it.
The second option was for me to go enlisted and then rise up through the ranks to officer. This the recruiter told me would take a while and mean doing a lot of grunt work which I don't mind. He had me talked to a newly comissioned officer who came up through the enlisted ranks and was also an elisted recruiter. I explained my case to this officer and he said sine I had been off meds for almost five years that I would have a good chance get in through this root. How he explained it was that the form you fill out for Meps is viewed a little differently than it is for officers. So I guess its like a loophole. He told me not to lie about but to put on my form how long it was since I took my meds. He said that since it had been so long they would probably not look any further into it.
Unfortunately I think screwed the whole thing up because I disclosed it to the enlisted recruiter right from the start. He sent for my forms to see if I had been permantly dissqualified. It been over two weeks and I haven't heard anything yet. Now when I was disqualified the first the recruiter I had been dealing with the at the time told me I had been dissaproved from further processing. However he said that I could apply agin for waiver as long as waited six months in between. I'd like to add more to this because Im sure I left blanks but if anyone can give me their from what I have down so far I would really appreciate it.
