Surgery?

[Trip]

Hello, my name is John and I have a few questions for anyone out there concerning OCS. First of all, I suffered a shoulder injury due to baseball about three years ago. Since then I have completed therapy and have acheived full use of my shoulder again. Will this type of past shoulder surgery hinder me from being accepted into OCS? Also, I will be starting my junior year at the University of Georgia in the fall. When should I begin my application process if not allready? Thanks!

John Stell

 

[WFU2USN]

John,

You can def. begin the application process now. I am assuming ATL may be the location of your nearest officer recruiter, but I don't know where you're at in GA. If ATL is fairly close to you send me a PM and I'll let you know who to contact. I'm in ATL.

As far as your injury, just make sure you obtain all the medical documentation and X-ray's that you can on it, along with notification from your doctor that you're completely healed.

It's great that you're looking into this now!

Robin
IS2(SCW)

http://www.geocities.com/califchick1175/USN/navy.html

 

[isc8672]

i am not a Navy doctor, but i don't think that kind of injury will hinder your chances of getting into OCS. i had acl knee surgery and i had my appendix removed and everything turned out just fine. all i had to do was obtain all my medical documents and get an orthopedic consultation to send up to Tennessee along with my package.

 

[EODDave]

The surgery is no big deal. I broke my elbow in 8 places and had two operations. So, you should be ok.

Dave

 

[NuSnake]

at MEPS they will send you to an ortho doc...I had the same problem, but aas long as you show vast shoulder improvement, you shouldnt have to worry about a waiver

If a frog had wings he wouldnt bump his ass all the time