medical disqualification

[efini_kid]

i plan on putting a package together for BDCP over the summer, but i had a minor set back.

i broke my 3rd and 4th metatarsals in highschool and i unfortunately just re broke my 4th metatarsal. i went to the foot doctor today and he said the only way to permanently fix it is to have surgery, which isnt a big deal. the kicker is he said that he will most likely have to out a plate in my foot for extra strength.

is the plate something that could get me medical disqualified from the program? or should i not even worry about it?

 

[MasterBates]

I have more retained hardware than Steve Austin.

You'll be fine.

 

[feddoc]

Master Bates is right....the docs will look for lack of pain and good range of motion.

 

[efini_kid]

my apologies for posting in wrong section and thanks for moving admin.

also thanks for the responses guys.

 

[jorgelito]

I was just DQ'd at MEPS for a plate in my right index meta carpal. The doc said it was just a formality and I should be able to get a waiver no problem.

 

[BACONATOR]

I was just DQ'd at MEPS for a plate in my right index meta carpal. The doc said it was just a formality and I should be able to get a waiver no problem.

The correct term, I believe, is NPQ. DQ is more of something that will prevent you from flying or performing whatever job permanently. NPQ just means you're not qualified for whatever condition, but it may be/is waivered.

I'm NPQ for ITP (blood condition when I was 5. asymptomatic since) HOWEVER, I am waivered. NPQ never goes away, but it is waivered.

 

[MasterBates]

If I listed the shit I was NPQ for it would make peoples heads spin. (Apparently we REALLY needed pilots near the tail end of the Clinton era and pre-9/11)

Most stuff like that is waiverable though.

 

[jorgelito]

Thanks for the replies. I wasn't even aware of the difference between NPQ and DQ. Good to know. I will definitely make a trip to my recruiter to find out. I really want those waivers!!

 

[adamspencer823]

The correct term, I believe, is NPQ. DQ is more of something that will prevent you from flying or performing whatever job permanently. NPQ just means you're not qualified for whatever condition, but it may be/is waivered.

I'm NPQ for ITP (blood condition when I was 5. asymptomatic since) HOWEVER, I am waivered. NPQ never goes away, but it is waivered.

Hello Sir,
I just commissioned through OCS and I was originally designated at an aviator but I was NPQ'ed and was not granted a waiver because I was diagnosed with ITP about 4 years ago. I had to re-designate to AMDO but I still want to see if there is anyway I can get back into aviation. I went to my doctor and he said that, although he wrote ITP on my medical records, the tests he did years ago didn't definitively prove that I had ITP, so he is going to write a letter saying something to that effect. How did you get a waiver, did you do anything special or did they just grant you one? How do I appeal to NAMI and ask them to re-evaluate me with this new information from my doctor? To whom should my doctor send this letter? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
V/r
Adam

 

[feddoc]

Hello Sir,
I just commissioned through OCS and I was originally designated at an aviator but I was NPQ'ed and was not granted a waiver because I was diagnosed with ITP about 4 years ago. I had to re-designate to AMDO but I still want to see if there is anyway I can get back into aviation. I went to my doctor and he said that, although he wrote ITP on my medical records, the tests he did years ago didn't definitively prove that I had ITP, so he is going to write a letter saying something to that effect. How did you get a waiver, did you do anything special or did they just grant you one? How do I appeal to NAMI and ask them to re-evaluate me with this new information from my doctor? To whom should my doctor send this letter? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
V/r
Adam

Who wrote the NPQ letter?

 

[adamspencer823]

Who wrote the NPQ letter?

There were a number of people who reviewed my case but I don't know who wrote the final letter. The doctor in Newport was CDR Robert Peterson. Dr. Luna also worked on my case. And I think CDR David Gibson and Col. Timothy Greydanus down in Pensacola also had input in the decision.

 

[BACONATOR]

Hello Sir,
I just commissioned through OCS and I was originally designated at an aviator but I was NPQ'ed and was not granted a waiver because I was diagnosed with ITP about 4 years ago. I had to re-designate to AMDO but I still want to see if there is anyway I can get back into aviation. I went to my doctor and he said that, although he wrote ITP on my medical records, the tests he did years ago didn't definitively prove that I had ITP, so he is going to write a letter saying something to that effect. How did you get a waiver, did you do anything special or did they just grant you one? How do I appeal to NAMI and ask them to re-evaluate me with this new information from my doctor? To whom should my doctor send this letter? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
V/r
Adam

Well, the point of ITP is that it is "ideopathic", ie: there's an inexplicable reason for your low platelet (thrombocyte) count. So if he COULDN'T prove you had a definitive condition or reason for your low platelet count, I believe it's sort of a diagnosis by exclusion situation (at least that's my lay understanding of it - doc, please chime in if I'm wrong).

Like I said via, PM.... check the waiver guide and/or ask BUMED if there's a magic number of time you need to be symptom-free. I had 16 years, you had 4. That may be the difference. But as long as you have a good CBC, and time is on your side, a waiver should be really simple.

 

[feddoc]

There were a number of people who reviewed my case but I don't know who wrote the final letter. The doctor in Newport was CDR Robert Peterson. Dr. Luna also worked on my case. And I think CDR David Gibson and Col. Timothy Greydanus down in Pensacola also had input in the decision.

Hmm....well, I wasn't so much interested in the name as I was the organization.

And, it may prove to be very important that you prove/disprove the diagnosis with a confirmative test....my guess is that this may be the key (and likely the easieste) to removing the NPQ.

 

[adamspencer823]

Hmm....well, I wasn't so much interested in the name as I was the organization.

And, it may prove to be very important that you prove/disprove the diagnosis with a confirmative test....my guess is that this may be the key (and likely the easieste) to removing the NPQ.

I'm pretty sure it was NAMI that made the decision.

 

[adamspencer823]

Well, the point of ITP is that it is "ideopathic", ie: there's an inexplicable reason for your low platelet (thrombocyte) count. So if he COULDN'T prove you had a definitive condition or reason for your low platelet count, I believe it's sort of a diagnosis by exclusion situation (at least that's my lay understanding of it - doc, please chime in if I'm wrong).

Like I said via, PM.... check the waiver guide and/or ask BUMED if there's a magic number of time you need to be symptom-free. I had 16 years, you had 4. That may be the difference. But as long as you have a good CBC, and time is on your side, a waiver should be really simple.

Yes it was a diagnosis by exclusion. I've been looking through the wavier guide and as far as I can tell it doesn't say anything about ITP except in regards to having a splenectomy, which I have not had. One thing that the flight surgeon wrote in my letter was that no amount of asymptomatic time would change their decision, and that no further evaluations would be necessary. I feel like they may have gotten stricter or more selective in the past few years, when did you get your waiver?