I was recently sub DQ-ed after being on the boat for almost two years (I'm in RC div). I was having severe eczema outbreaks, and when the UMO found the IDC's and dermatologist's entries in my med record, he pulled me off the boat.
I was doing a medical screening to transfer to a carrier, and the UMO said that I can be rad worker DQ-ed for having a skin condition. Has anyone had this happen to them, or know anything about it? I've been looking for a instruction, but haven't been able to find one.
OK, so after some research this is what I have found, depending on the severity of your condition and the location, you can be dq'd based on your inability to wear PPE. If it is serious enough that you can not wear a respirator, gloves, or an OBA, you will be dq'd from any duty requiring you to go into any confined spaces or handling of any possible hazardous substances.
So if it is bad enough on your face or hands, you are pretty much never going back to sea, much less keeping a nuke rating.
Hope this sheds some light on your situation.
-Doc
PS- Starkist, that is a good example of your condition, but a serious case of eczema would have oozing from the wound. Thus having the inability to don a respirator.