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I'm trying to join the U.S Army..On my physical, I checked yes to having broncitis...Took the pulmonary and it came back as I failed. I went to my family doctor the same day, and he said I dont have a lung obstruction...If anything, he says I had a abnoral pulmonary function due to me having a slight cold and being nervous....What exactly do i need to send up with my waiver so I can Join the U.S Army?
Hi Stephan,
I wish I could be of more help, but if you have a history of any kind of lung problem, and MEPS sets you up for a Pulmonary test, and you fail it, your chances of receiving a waiver are very small. It doesn't much matter what your "family doctor" says, and the Military services don't put much stock into "family doctor" recommendations, as (1) they have no knowledge of the requirements of Military service, and (2) family doctors tend to sympathize with their patients, and therefore, their recommendations are considered "bias."
In order to have a chance of getting a waiver, you'll have to send up a documented positive pulmonary fuction test. Such test should not be conducted by your "family doctor," (who may be "biased"), but rather a pulmonary specialist.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military Information page, at http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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