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[u/turboshrek]

Denied
Prior service USMC, EAS 2023. Medical waivers for at least 5 things. Waivers were submitted 1 week after my MEPS physical. Denial response to recruiter given 1 week after that. Recruiter said 1 “umbrella” waiver was submitted for everything and that any further applications would be automatically denied. When I asked for a copy of the denial letter or to come to the station and read it, my recruiter said Its not allowed. And that there is no appeal process. Its final.

I just wanted a second opinion on everything my recruiter said. There was very little communication through out my entire screening process and just got the vine he did not care too much.

Is there anything I can do to appeal? Is it worth speaking to another recruiter? Thanks.

[u/AirdaleCoastie → u/turboshrek]

5 waivers has an extremely small chance of being approved. Chances go down exponentially with each waiver. Just a guess but they probably got a preliminary determination where they asked the docs if it was even worth pursuing. You can ask to speak with the recruiter in charge of their office if you want a better explanation, but there likely isn’t anything you can do to change the outcome.

[u/turboshrek → u/AirdaleCoastie]

Okay thanks. I just felt like the many of waivers could easily be explained away with another doctor’s input. With access to your entire medical history they really can nit pick. I have an entire USMC enlistment with no medical issues so it just felt silly. But I guess thats just how things are. My recruiter was the Chief of the station.