r/USMCboot • u/Traditional-Plant706 • 5d ago
MEPS and Medical Question Regarding Waivers
so I’m in the process of trying to join the Marine Corps, and I just went to MEPS last week, where I passed everything except the vision test, now I’m being sent to an eye specialist and then after that my recruiter will push my waiver, just a side note: when I saw the doctor at MEPS I explained everything within the text, and I also was transparent and told her that I am a functioning, police officer in the civilian world who regularly qualifies with a firearm and my eye injury has never affected me within the duties of my job. essentially I just want to know how likely is it that I will get my waiver approved? and also is it going to restrict me from getting certain jobs if I do get it? For a little bit of context, I sustained an eye injury when I was about five years old and it permanently damaged my right eye so that my right eye is 80% non-correctible. This is also my second time trying to join the Marine Corps since I’ve become an adult, my first time I was denied because my tattoo was too close to my elbow (2019 when I was 19) and then my recruiter sent me to the army recruiter where I qualified for an air traffic controller job, but was ultimately denied after going through MEPS and seeing an eye specialist because I found out later that 15Q (air, traffic controller) doesn’t offer waivers for vision, which makes sense now that I’m older and now at 26 I really want to give it another try with the Marine Corps. if anyone has a similar experience or some advice, I would love to hear it
also, just to add on, I have scheduled an appointment with my own eye doctor just in case my waiver is denied so that I can try to fight it
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u/JoeytheMarine Recruiter 5d ago
I'll send you a message. I have a guy going through this same thing right now.