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The Eyes have it - All things Vision-related

welp, here is my second Denial letter. Was told by my recruiter that he doesn't know what that means but when he asked they just told me to bring that to my Doctor. I want to be as prepared as possible and ahead of the curve. Does anyone have guidance on this?

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Nohopenaldo said:
welp, here is my second Denial letter. Was told by my recruiter that he doesn't know what that means but when he asked they just told me to bring that to my Doctor. I want to be as prepared as possible and ahead of the curve. Does anyone have guidance on this?

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Your waiver is approved for SNA/SNFO and everything else, HOWEVER you will do another eye exam at OCS and that may impact eligibility. So if you fail an eye exam at OCS and you're going in as an SNA, you will have to re-designate or DOR and roll the dice.
 
FormerRecruitingGuru said:
Your waiver is approved for SNA/SNFO and everything else, HOWEVER you will do another eye exam at OCS and that may impact eligibility. So if you fail an eye exam at OCS and you're going in as an SNA, you will have to re-designate or DOR and roll the dice.
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I was told I was approved for SNFO but not SNA by my recruiter. I will repost the previous denial. Am I missing something?IMG_8903.jpeg
 
Nohopenaldo said:
welp, here is my second Denial letter. Was told by my recruiter that he doesn't know what that means but when he asked they just told me to bring that to my Doctor. I want to be as prepared as possible and ahead of the curve. Does anyone have guidance on this?

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I wish they had a confused emoji…this letter says your waiver is approved.
 
Griz882 said:
I wish they had a confused emoji…this letter says your waiver is approved.
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I called my recruiter, I believe he got tripped over #1. I also cropped it. I'm going to repost uncropped. My apologies to you and @FormerRecruitingGuru . They specifically removed the language in #5 that states "DOES NOT MEET ACCESSION STANDARDS For 1390". they're going to get more guidance from the processor just to make sure.

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Hello, I'm currently at OCS sitting in TMG. I just got denied from SNA due to my pre-lasik correction being out of standards. I believe the standard is +3.00, I was +3.75. I was told thats pretty much end of story, though I am still cleared for NFO as far as I can tell. I just wanted to come on here and ask if anyone has successfully fought a DQ for lasik? My surgery was over 4 years ago and I've been 20/20 since.
 
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benemers said:
Hello, I'm currently at OCS sitting in TMG. I just got denied from SNA due to my pre-lasik correction being out of standards. I believe the standard is +3.00, I was +3.75. I was told thats pretty much end of story, though I am still cleared for NFO as far as I can tell. I just wanted to come on here and ask if anyone has successfully fought a DQ for lasik? My surgery was over 4 years ago and I've been 20/20 since.
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For a second I thought you said post-LASIK. I didn't know there was a pre-LASIK standard... we're you aware of it before joining and going to OCS?
 
FormerRecruitingGuru said:
For a second I thought you said post-LASIK. I didn't know there was a pre-LASIK standard... we're you aware of it before joining and going to OCS?
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No I wasn't, I got cleared through MEPS and they never mentioned any pre-lasik requirements for SNA. The first I heard about it was from the eye doctor at NHCNE while we were getting our flight physicals, who mentioned that technically I was outside the standard for NAMI but I could put in for a waiver.

As far as I know I was not the only one in my class who didn't meet this standard, I was the only one DQed for it so far though. I understand it goes on a case by case basis.
 
benemers said:
No I wasn't, I got cleared through MEPS and they never mentioned any pre-lasik requirements for SNA. The first I heard about it was from the eye doctor at NHCNE while we were getting our flight physicals, who mentioned that technically I was outside the standard for NAMI but I could put in for a waiver.

As far as I know I was not the only one in my class who didn't meet this standard, I was the only one DQed for it so far though. I understand it goes on a case by case basis.
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This is something that used to be looked at prior to getting cleared by N33, then they seemed to push it to OCS. My thought is they were seeing so few people like you that they decided to let the call be made at OCS.
 
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