Did not disclose PRK, now facing class 1 flight physical. Help.

[Skywalker]

I had PRK in my right eye in 2014, left eye in 2018, and commissioned as an SNA through OCS in 2021. I have no waivers and have now done two long forms and two short forms.

 

[rob671]

I had PRK in my right eye in 2014, left eye in 2018, and commissioned as an SNA through OCS in 2021. I have no waivers and have now done two long forms and two short forms.

so are you saying they didnt detect it when you went through NAMI?

 

[Griz882]

I had PRK in my right eye in 2014, left eye in 2018, and commissioned as an SNA through OCS in 2021. I have no waivers and have now done two long forms and two short forms.

Just fess up. Tell them you didn’t really think about it when filling out the forms because it has been so long. Do it before they catch it.

 

[rob671]

Just fess up. Tell them you didn’t really think about it when filling out the forms because it has been so long. Do it before they catch it.

I just DM.d you

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

so are you saying they didnt detect it when you went through NAMI?

Don’t lie, no DM needed. Easy,

 

[Skywalker]

so are you saying they didnt detect it when you went through NAMI?

No. I'm saying PRK with no complications does not require a waiver. In an examiner's chair the tissue that grew back after the procedure is clearly different from the tissue around it. You cannot hide PRK from an optometrist.

 

[rob671]

I had to disclose a bunch of stuff up front on accession, commissioning, and again for NAMI and NASIS. Including PRK. I didn’t end up requiring a single waiver and they gave me a clearance without issue.

The best time to have said something was initially, the next best time would be now.

Did you have to provide any pre-op/post-op supporting documents? Since it was so long ago, I would imagine it hard to retrieve

 

[Skywalker]

Did you have to provide any pre-op/post-op supporting documents? Since it was so long ago, I would imagine it hard to retrieve

For accession I did, I’ve never been asked for them since.