Hello all,
I am currently at OCS for SNA and it was discovered that I apparently have Optic Disc Drusen. I have very little ability to research this problem in my current state of training and am reaching out for assistance. Here is my situation, I have 20/10 left eye and 20/20 right eye vision. I have never had any vision problems in my life. During week one of training the Optic Disc Drusen was discovered. They submitted a wavier to NAMI and the waver came back denied. I am asking you all if there are any options on the table for me to overturn this decision. Has anyone ever had to circumnavigate a problem like this? As it stands now, I am disqualified from all of aviation according to NAMI. Like I said earlier, I have never had any vision problems in my life. I want to exhaust all options and try to get this overturned but I do not know how. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Also, If I am still denied with the Navy, will the Air Force or Army accept me with Drusen? Do I have a shot at changing branches of service in order to fly?
My responding to this post will be limited as I am currently in week 5 of OCS and do not have a blinking moment to breathe. I should be back at a computer in order to look at your responses in day or so since it is the weekend coming up.
(Update)- Here is more information from my NAMI Wavier: Drusen of optic disc, bilateral (H47323) shows repeatable nasal visual field defects right eye, scattered defects left eye (disqualified).
XXXX is not physically qualified but aeronautically adapted for all duty involving flying.
After review, wavier is not recommended for all duty involving flying.
With the highest respect,
opossum
I am currently at OCS for SNA and it was discovered that I apparently have Optic Disc Drusen. I have very little ability to research this problem in my current state of training and am reaching out for assistance. Here is my situation, I have 20/10 left eye and 20/20 right eye vision. I have never had any vision problems in my life. During week one of training the Optic Disc Drusen was discovered. They submitted a wavier to NAMI and the waver came back denied. I am asking you all if there are any options on the table for me to overturn this decision. Has anyone ever had to circumnavigate a problem like this? As it stands now, I am disqualified from all of aviation according to NAMI. Like I said earlier, I have never had any vision problems in my life. I want to exhaust all options and try to get this overturned but I do not know how. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Also, If I am still denied with the Navy, will the Air Force or Army accept me with Drusen? Do I have a shot at changing branches of service in order to fly?
My responding to this post will be limited as I am currently in week 5 of OCS and do not have a blinking moment to breathe. I should be back at a computer in order to look at your responses in day or so since it is the weekend coming up.
(Update)- Here is more information from my NAMI Wavier: Drusen of optic disc, bilateral (H47323) shows repeatable nasal visual field defects right eye, scattered defects left eye (disqualified).
XXXX is not physically qualified but aeronautically adapted for all duty involving flying.
After review, wavier is not recommended for all duty involving flying.
With the highest respect,
opossum
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