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Medical certificate application problems?

BY WARREN S. SILBERMAN, D.O.

Prepare your case carefully
IF YOU DEVELOP a medical condition, take care of yourself
and do what your physicians recommend is best for your
particular medical situation. Start learning all you can
about what I call the “aeromedical” aspects of your condition. The AOPA Medical Certification website, the FAA
website, and The Guide to Aviation Medical Examiners are
good resources. Check with the AOPA Accepted Medications Database to see if your medication is acceptable, or
phone AOPA’s Medical Certification technicians to ask.
If the condition requires you to submit medical records,
evaluations, and testing results, gather them in one bundle
before you mail it to the FAA. If the condition resulted in a
hospitalization, you need to obtain: the admission history
and physical examination; the hospital discharge summary; any pertinent X-ray/scan reports; operative reports,
if you had surgery; and pathology reports, if any tissue(s)
were removed. Check with AOPA to see if the FAA has
a mandatory recovery or grounding period. Anything
“current” that the FAA will require to make a determina-

tion cannot be older than 90 days prior to the time that
you mail your case. Whatever testing you need to obtain
should be done exactly as the FAA requests it. If your physician suggests a different test than what the FAA wants
or he/she wants to perform it a different way, do not take
their advice without checking with the FAA first. Failure
to follow the FAA’s suggestion may result in a denial and
the necessity to repeat the testing as the FAA desired in
the first place. The FAA will not review a case unless you
have a current medical examination on file at the FAA. The
medical examination can be for any class.
For more expert advice and professional assistance with
protecting your pilot and medical certificates, visit and join
AOPA Pilot Protection Services (www.aopa.org/pps).
Dr. Warren Silberman is the former manager of FAA Aerospace Medical Certification and a doctor of osteopathic medicine. A pilot since
1986, he is recognized nationally as an expert in aerospace/preventative
medicine.

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