Old 06-19-2011, 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by BDGERJMN View Post
While those procedures may be 'approved' you need to be very cognizant of your pre-existing conditions(diopter #s) before assuming you'll be good to go. Personally know an individual who was IN OCS(Navy) after having surgery and being medically cleared to start, only to be found NPQ during his NOMI physical due to pre-existing conditions being out of limits, even with corrective surgery. Be careful and as stated, know what the regs state, they are CONSTANTLY changing!

Indeed, which is why the gentleman would hopefully pm me for details. There are a lot of stipulations, but I was able to meet them with 20/400 eyes.
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