I was pro-rec’d for SNA way back in May. I had already been cleared by Meps at this point, so I was merrily making plans to swear in. In early July I found out that my medical was held up because I have Hydroceles (without getting too into it my “boys” let me down). The flight surgeons at CNRC didn’t want to risk it so they pushed my Hydrocele issue on to a Captain flight surgeon at Bethesda naval hospital. After about 4 weeks word came back from Bethesda saying my physical was inconclusive. Luckily for me I scheduled a full flight physical at NAS Whidbey for August 28th.
When I went in for the physical the optometrist wasn’t in. I had to come back and finish on September 9th.when I actually saw the flight surgeon on the 9th; he cleared me fit for naval aviation. I was told that I should get a copy within a couple of days; 3 weeks went by before I found out that they had forgotten to get my weight and measurements (so my physical wasn’t complete). I drove for a third time to the hospital to finish one physical. After that another week went by and I found out that they forgot to test my blood for HIV, so I spent $20 to get it done at my college. I sent in the negative results and four days later my physical was finally complete. The Friday before last my recruiter sent my medical up for review.
The moral of the story is to always bring extra medical documents to physicals and check up to make sure everything is actually done. Also does anyone know how long a medical review from CNRC takes?
When I went in for the physical the optometrist wasn’t in. I had to come back and finish on September 9th.when I actually saw the flight surgeon on the 9th; he cleared me fit for naval aviation. I was told that I should get a copy within a couple of days; 3 weeks went by before I found out that they had forgotten to get my weight and measurements (so my physical wasn’t complete). I drove for a third time to the hospital to finish one physical. After that another week went by and I found out that they forgot to test my blood for HIV, so I spent $20 to get it done at my college. I sent in the negative results and four days later my physical was finally complete. The Friday before last my recruiter sent my medical up for review.
The moral of the story is to always bring extra medical documents to physicals and check up to make sure everything is actually done. Also does anyone know how long a medical review from CNRC takes?
