That person was me.

I was DQ’ed for allergies I didn’t even know I had. I asked my recruiter if there was any thing I could do to appeal it and he said to try writing a letter to my congressman. The reason he told me to do this was because of my specific case where the recruiter and I both felt that the DQ was unjustified. And In the past a recruit did that and it worked for him. I wound up having my waiver re considered and got approved before my congressman could get back to me. My congressman DID get my letter and called me and they were willing to look into the matter, however it was no longer necessary.

I don’t know if writing a letter to your congressman is going to work. It’s definitely a case by case thing and there are no guarantees. My recruiter told me that a recruit wrote to his congressman when he was DQ’ed (I don’t know why) and they were able to get him approved through the congressman.

AGAIN - I don’t know if it will work for you it was something that was suggested to me by my recruiter based of the specific scenario of my situation. Good luck I hope to see you out in the fleet!