Medical waiver (mental) question

[Zehuti]

Quiet Professionals,

As much as I would have liked to find the answer to this question on my own, it seems I am unable to do so. The recruiters in my area are fairly clueless when it comes to SF, and the documentation online for SF and medical waivers seems to either be out-dated or non-existent. I am hoping you guys will have more insight into this. I tried searching the forum for more info, but was unsuccessful.

Put shortly, my friend and I are planning to sign an 18x contract within the next 3 weeks (before our ASVAB scores expire). He went to MEPS yesterday for his physical, and they claim that he needs a waiver for a diagnosis of tourettes when he was young. I heard that certain waiver codes will DQ you from SF, period. Is this true? And if so, is there a resource that lists those? I assume it changes often, but any information is better than none. I don't have his waiver code, but would any of you happen to know if such a situation is a dis-qualifier for an 18x contract?

Additional notes;
1) He has been off medication for over 5 years, and has been cleared by his personal doctor.
2) The paperwork has been submitted for a waiver, but it isn't 100% that he will actually need the waiver, I read that each waiver is on an individual basis; his ASVAB score is 92 and has a 3.9GPA. Do any of you think he has much hope either not needing a waiver, or still being able to sign an 18x contract?

I also read that airborne is VERY strict regarding medical waivers. I couldn't imagine a mental condition that doesn't present an issue anymore mattering, but I would like to get all of the information that I can.

Thank you in advance for any information, and thank you for the tremendous amount of effort and information put into this site.

[Surgicalcric]

Did you/your friend read AR40-501? If not thats where you need to start; it will answer your questions about the waiver issue.

Your friends ASVAB and GPA will have no bearing on the decision to grant him a waiver for enlistment nor his being fit, mentally, to serve in SF.

Crip

[Zehuti]

Originally Posted by Surgicalcric

Did you/your friend read AR40-501?

I have viewed the document, but we were unable to find anything regarding tourettes directly, and I was hoping the fact that the diagnosis is about 13 years old, and he has been off of meds for over 5 would help in this regard.

Originally Posted by Surgicalcric

Your friends ASVAB and GPA will have no bearing on the decision to grant him a waiver for enlistment nor his being fit, mentally, to serve in SF.

Noted. Thanks for the info, I wasn't sure what they take into account.

[Zehuti]

Update:

After looking further into the AR40-501, I found this:

Section 10-11: Waivers
d. Waivers for initial training in Airborne, Ranger, Special Forces, Military Free Fall (MFF), and Diving will not be
approved/granted except on the recommendation by the Commander of the appropriate proponent school.

I suppose this has turned into question of how willing the Commanders would be to provide a "recommendation". The Reaper posted a number in another thread for Ft Bragg SF recruiting (910-432-1818), but no one picks up and their mailbox appears to be full. Also, the SORB site seems to be down.. so I'm not sure how to try to contact the Ft. Bragg Commander.

Anyway, asking for experience now.. is it likely that my friend will be able to sign an 18x contract by contacting the Commanders and getting approval? Or is he going to have to sign as an 11B or something, then moving up via packet submissions?

Thanks for any information.

[Surgicalcric]

Originally Posted by Zehuti

...is he going to have to sign as an 11B or something, then moving up via packet submissions?

Bingo...

[Zehuti]

Heh, then so be it. Thanks for all of your help. I guess we'll try to pester the commanders, and if we can't get anything out of it, then we'll take the long route.