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Hello,
I recently got back from MEPS where I was DQed for eyesight. My right eye has a refraction of -10.27 and my left has a refraction of -11.31. It was escalated to the Surgeon General to be waived. The MEPS doctor also recommended a waiver. What do you think my chances are of getting a waiver? I scored an 86 on the ASVAB and everything else passed as far as medical. The job counselor at MEPS said that he sees them come through pretty often and he thinks I have about a 70% chance. My recruiter thinks that I have a 50% chance, you know hope for the best expect the worst. I just want to know if you have heard any cases like this and what the outcome was. Sorry of this was little wordy, I'm just really nervous about it and didn't want to leave anything important out.
Thanks,
Heidi
Hi Heidi,
I'm sorry, but there is just no way I can say. Each and every waiver is evaluated individually, based on dozens of individual factors.
A couple of weeks ago, I was dealing with a potential applicant (for the Army), with a refraction error of +-10. His waiver request was not approved. Just 5 days prior, I was dealing with a recruit with a refraction error of +-12. Her waiver request was approved. There is simply no way to tell, in advance.
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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