The Naval Academy program is physically challenging.  All candidates are required to undergo a thorough medical examination, because our graduates will be commissioned in a wide variety of exciting career fields with strict medical standards.

The Admissions Department will submit your name to the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board (DoDMERB) who will contact you regarding where you may call to schedule your medical examination.  DoDMERB will carefully review your medical exam to determine if you meet our medical standards for admission.  Approximately one month after your physical is completed, you will receive (by mail) a status report of the DoDMERB findings.  DoDMERB may request you provide additional information/records regarding illnesses, injuries, surgery, familial diseases, and other factors that could affect your medical status.  You may also be asked to schedule follow-up appointments to determine your current medical status.  You may check on the status of your medical exam by referring to the DoDMERB website at https://dodmerb.tricare.osd.mil/.  DoDMERB will mail you a letter with the results of their evaluation of your medical examination. 

If you have a disqualifying condition, you will be automatically considered for a waiver if/when you receive a Conditional Offer of Appointment.  You need not write to request a waiver, nor should you send additional medical information to the Naval Academy for review.  A waiver of the medical standard may be granted if both your academic record and medical history suggest the risk introduced by the disqualifying condition is justified by your potential for success as a midshipman and as a naval officer.  Many candidates will be required to provide additional information to DoDMERB after their first disqualifying medical condition has been waived.  This additional information may result in other disqualifying conditions - which will also be considered for waiver. 

 Major medical considerations are summarized in USNA Catalog and the following Adobe Acrobat file.  This is not meant to be a comprehensive listing of all disqualifying conditions; it is a brief and general summary for your convenience.  Click here to view this Adobe Acrobat File.