What is my next step to try to enlist after being disqualified from MEPS?

Johnathon Greer — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 20:26:45 -0400

I was disqualified from meps for having LSC (which I don’t have). So I went to Parkland and their dermatologist said that I didn’t have it . Meps told my recruiter to tell me to go to one and I did just that by going to Parkland and they still disqualified me. So what is my next step even though I prove I didn’t have anything . They told me to send my medical records after the dermatologist paper work was sent and still declined me after that . Who can I talk to besides a recruiter because he doesn’t know what he is doing . I had parkland call meps and it still haven’t done anything .

Response by CPT Enrique M. made Aug 23 at 2018 9:52 PM

CPT Enrique M. — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 21:52:54 -0400

Do they have the second decline reason written down?

Did they ask for a consult? You are pretty much bound to your recruiter, you can ask for his oic or go to a different recruiter

Response by SPC Chris Ison made Jan 23 at 2019 2:29 PM

SPC Chris Ison — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:29:46 -0500

Try the French Foreign Legion.

Response by SSG Ken Potts made Jun 28 at 2021 10:20 AM

SSG Ken Potts — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 10:20:50 -0400

Find a different recrruiter.

Response by SFC Jeremy Boyd made Jun 29 at 2021 3:31 PM

SFC Jeremy Boyd — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 15:31:35 -0400

It's not that your recruiter doesn't know what they are doing, it's simply that recruiters are not the approval authority. The MEPS doctor is the one that initially disqualified you, and it sounds like the documentation you submitted from Parkland, for whatever reason, didn't satisfy their requirement to prove the condition in question doesn't exist. The other explanation would be that the documentation was submitted by your recruiting station as a medical waiver and got denied by the Command Surgeon of whichever branch of service you were trying to enlist in. If that was the case, then there is nothing else you can do but attempt to enlist with a different branch, because changing your recruiter won't do a thing, and the MEPS doctor and Command Surgeon are THE approval authorities on medical conditions. There is no one else in the recruiter's chain of command that has authority to approve or disapprove anything medically related.