Medical Question regarding Vision

[olylifter123]

Hello Everyone,

I am currently new to the forums and I would like to apologize if my thread should not be posted among this section of the forums but I would like to verify if I do qualify for the Navy with my current vision. I would like to hopefully join the SWO or Supply Corps community as well. I recently went to the doctors and told him the requirements to join the military. The information was found on a website called "the balance."

My current vision results are as follows:
RT: -2.75 DVA: 20/20-
LT: -2.50 DVA: 20/20-
Diagnosis: Regular astigmatism, Bilateral, Myopia

During my visit, I asked if my vision is correctable to 20/20 and that If I do qualify for the military and he stated yes. Keep in mind my vision test was on a military facility so I assumed he knew the standards for the vision portion. I did some research around the web and found out that people with astigmatism were DQ'd through MEPS and needed a waiver. To save some time and to uphold a smooth journey to OCS, I would like to know if I do actually qualify for the Navy and also, if my vision is a problem, should I prepare proper documentation from other eye doctors when my time comes for MEPS and worst case scenario they do say my vision is a problem?

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

Hello Everyone,

I am currently new to the forums and I would like to apologize if my thread should not be posted among this section of the forums but I would like to verify if I do qualify for the Navy with my current vision. I would like to hopefully join the SWO or Supply Corps community as well. I recently went to the doctors and told him the requirements to join the military. The information was found on a website called "the balance."

My current vision results are as follows:
RT: -2.75 DVA: 20/20-
LT: -2.50 DVA: 20/20-
Diagnosis: Regular astigmatism, Bilateral, Myopia

During my visit, I asked if my vision is correctable to 20/20 and that If I do qualify for the military and he stated yes. Keep in mind my vision test was on a military facility so I assumed he knew the standards for the vision portion. I did some research around the web and found out that people with astigmatism were DQ'd through MEPS and needed a waiver. To save some time and to uphold a smooth journey to OCS, I would like to know if I do actually qualify for the Navy and also, if my vision is a problem, should I prepare proper documentation from other eye doctors when my time comes for MEPS and worst case scenario they do say my vision is a problem?

What did your recruiter say when he uploaded these documents to N3M? What did your N3M letter say? Did you even get a meps physical?

 

[olylifter123]

What did your recruiter say when he uploaded these documents to N3M? What did your N3M letter say? Did you even get a meps physical?

I am currently waiting for my recruiter's reply. I am also currently a college upcoming senior that has been researching and prepping for the process for OCS, MEPS, etc. And I have not received a meps physical yet but would like to prepare for the worst sir. I am constantly reading about people getting screwed over and because of the excessive amounts of reading people's stories, I am constantly stressing and worried.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

I am currently waiting for my recruiter's reply. I am also currently a college upcoming senior that has been researching and prepping for the process for OCS, MEPS, etc. And I have not received a meps physical yet but would like to prepare for the worst sir. I am constantly reading about people getting screwed over and because of the excessive amounts of reading people's stories, I am constantly stressing and worried.

So what's the issue? Get the physical at MEPS and see if you get qualified. If you're PQ for Pilot and/or NFO, great. If not, then you can look back knowing you gave it all you've got to pursue a commission as an Aviator.

A military eye exam is different from a civilian eye exam.