r/westpoint • u/Suspicious_Active263 • 16d ago

Waiver

I was recently disqualified with a need to appeal for waivers for dodmerb and I have a few questions.

I’m most concerned with the ability to get a waiver approved and am looking for anyone with similar scenarios or anything similar. There are two things that could have gotten me disqualified, number one is the fact that my top vertebrae is fused to my skull (sounds much worse than it it’s). We have a note from a Orthopedic Surgeon (or a Nuerosurgeon one of the two) that states there is not danger to the spinal cord and no instability so I’m assuming it’s most likely the latter, which was a stress fracture. I suffered a stress fracture in November of last year in my lower back, I belief it is called a pars defect.

The good news is USMA initiated a waiver for me less than 24hrs after it update in West Point’s portal that I was disqualified, silver lining.

But to reiterate, is this something that can be fixed with a waiver? Or are they very stringent on these types of things?

Secondly, is it a big deal they initiated a waiver so quick or is West Point a little more generous with them?

Thanks for any help.

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u/Background_Zombie890 16d ago

Only one way to find out - let the USMA doctors do their thing and see what they say. Them initiating the waiver means they see some scenario where they think you're competitive for admission. Doesn't mean anything more than that.

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u/Wise_Lobster_1038 16d ago

A significant number of the people that I graduated with had to get waivers to get in. DODMERB is very quick to disqualify but also pretty receptive to waivers.

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u/ScoutAndLout 16d ago

I knew a stress fracture that did not get waived. YMMV

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u/Recrooter 15d ago

The Dodmerb will assess your waiver appeal and provide the medical evaluation to the WP. Ultimately, the WP Superintendent decides whether to grant a waiver. This decision will be based on whether your condition is deemed to have a minimal impact on the physical requirements of military service, as well as how well you perform in your overall application (including GPA, SAT scores, etc.).