SR Grant Just you are commended for you persistence trying to serve your Country. Keep that same persistence going until you discover your life's career.

Context: I got discharged from the Navy in 2018 on a false diagnosis of depression/dysthymia disorder (discharge code RE-3E). In 2019 I decided to try re-enlisting with the US Army in hopes of getting a waiver. Through COVID and some other hurdles throughout 2020 we finally managed to get all the paperwork and submitted for a waiver back in March/April 2021, went to MEPS in August, and got my final answer in September. Waiver was for my discharge, alleged depression disorder, and a trial prescription for Adderall I got back in 2019 (I was in college and the therapist I was seeing in correlation with my post-Navy depression diagnosis put me on it to see if I had ADD). The waiver was denied based off of employment history, moving states, and some other factors that they reasoned were signs of a reoccurring depression, so that if the let me in the military again it would most likely resurface again (I disagree, as the context of changing jobs and moving states was based solely off of finishing a contract with an employer in another state, and moving back home once the job was finished. Not motivated by mental health).

Anyways, I just thought I’d share this experience as I see a lot of people in a similar position as me looking for answers or wanting to know what to expect. As far as I know all waivers are judged on an individual basis, so I won’t know the probability of you getting approved or not for your own waivers. Let me know if you’ve had the same or similar experience though!!