Questions regarding to DQ

[jshih]

I am trying to get into Navy Nuke Program, and I've passed everything (including NAPT) except health, due to pectus excavatum, which caused me to get disqualified. The problem is, I have civilian doctor's documents to prove that there's no issue with my funnel chest (test for my lungs and x-rays showed everything is fine), also I have never went to hospital for more than 20 years due to any sickness nor any health problems.

However, just yesterday, my recruiter showed me that originally they qualified my waiver for joining into the military, but then they changed denied the waiver later on (my status went from red to purple then to teal citing pectus excavatum is exceed their cutoff). What I don't understand is I have been working out myself and playing sports without any problem, and I get DQ'd because my funnel chest exceeds their cutoff scale.

I have been working on getting into navy for around 7 to 8 months, I don't really wish to give up now. But now that I am DQ'd, is there anything I can do to make them reconsider, or I am just done?

Any information will be helpful, thank you.

[Fermi2]

They don't care what your doctor thinks. They care about the probability of your condition getting someone else killed.

[HeavyD]

Your civilian doctor doesn't take into consideration what would happen to you if you suffered some blunt force trauma to your chest while underway on a submarine, without an actual doctor on-board.  The Navy does; the short version is you die.  The long version is....... you die.

Living everyday life is different than being aboard a sub or carrier.  There are things that can go wrong that aren't in existence, circumstances that increase the risk to your life.

Sorry to tell you this, but your chances are not good at all.  Best of luck to ya.