Medical waiver questions

[Nico2025]

I was denied from the army back in July of this year, I was taking medication for depression (for under 1 year) I was writhing the 1 year time of being off of the medication probably 9-10 months of being off of it when I was denied. When I try again after I finish EMT school would this background hinder me from going 18x or getting in at all. My goal is to be accepted in to green beret or ranger and beyond that if I can stretch that far. I’m in good physical shape, I do have retaining hardware in my left clavicle and apparently minor stabilized scoliosis it’s hardly anything.
Reason I’m posting this is because I have 2 paths I can take which is to complete EMT and fire school or I can do my dream job. I understand this I can’t get a direct Y/N answer but any insight on waivers would be nice

 

[BlackSmokeRisinG]

If you were denied for medication and given a timeline, that is the regulation. You should be fine after 1 year. If you have a rod in your clavicle, that may be a different story, but whatever they tell you at MEPS is what it is.

You may not be able to get an 18x contract with a med waiver because you're airborne DQ, but you sure as hell can go to SFAS after you've been in a couple years with that same medical history they let you in with. I know that for sure.

 

[TLDR20]

I had numerous friends that had retained metal. All of them were unable to get Ranger or 18X contracts. All of them were able to secure those contracts in infantry OSUT.

 

[TLDR20]

Think of 18X as the perfect candidate for the Army. To get an 18X when I went in you had to have a 110 GT, score a 270 on a PT test, and have a basically perfect medical. Those things have waxed and waned as time has progressed. I was pretty early in the 18X pathway though.

 

[Nico2025]

If you were denied for medication and given a timeline, that is the regulation. You should be fine after 1 year. If you have a rod in your clavicle, that may be a different story, but whatever they tell you at MEPS is what it is.

You may not be able to get an 18x contract with a med waiver because you're airborne DQ, but you sure as hell can go to SFAS after you've been in a couple years with that same medical history they let you in with. I know that for sure.

If I were to have the plate removed would I still need a waiver?

 

[BlackSmokeRisinG]

If I were to have the plate removed would I still need a waiver?

Probably yes. I had craniectomies when I was a baby. I missed out on any airborne contract because it required a waiver to join. I went to SFAS a couple years later but failed.

Once you are in they pretty much don't care what the hell is wrong with you.. They will deploy and retain people with conditions that they would never be allowed past MEPS with. Depression, broken bones, tuberculosis, neuroticism, all types as long as you're not actively suicidal or an idiot.

 

[Devildoc]

Waivers are also conflict dependent. Right now they aren't hiring a lot of people since there are no wars, so they are a lot more selective. You can be chubby and overweight, but can't have had childhood asthma. Go figure.

 

[Kaldak]

If I were to have the plate removed would I still need a waiver?

I don't know about a waiver, but every surgery you get will be reviewed and dissected by MEPS. Just keep that in mind.

Additionally, surgery, no matter what, presents its own risks.

If it's not an outright disqualification from serving, I would go the route of getting a waiver, not a surgery for removal.

Just my 2cents and your milage may vary.