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Lawmakers press services to fix medical-waiver process after recruits and academy nominees are barred
Summary
Members pressed service leaders over inconsistent medical-waiver decisions and the role of electronic health records in disqualifying otherwise qualified recruits; witnesses acknowledged the waiver process is cumbersome, variable across services and being reviewed.
A bipartisan line of questioning at the House Armed Services Subcommittee focused on what members described as inconsistent and sometimes punitive medical‑waiver decisions that prevent otherwise qualified applicants from joining the services or attending service academies.
Representative Sara Jacobs recounted a case in which a young applicant was denied admission to a service academy and an ROTC scholarship because a childhood medical notation for attention issues appeared in his record. "We ask these kids to ask for mental health help and…
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