I have been lurking on the forums for a while now and I finally got the ball rolling on applying for the lifelong dream, and it has come to the point where I need to determine if this is an issue. To make a long story short at some point when I was young my spine grew slightly faster than my neck and damaged some nerves in my hand. I therefore have slightly reduced grip strength in one arm. This condition is rare and I am one of the lucky ones, as apparently it can be a lot worse to the point of really impacting overall hand strength/motion. I can still play all the sports I played before this started appearing and still go to the gym keeping everything as strong as possible. It is not progressive and has not gotten any worse. I have spoken with a few dudes who fly mil and they said it shouldn’t be a problem and said it’s something I should be quiet about unless asked. I was hoping to get a flight docs take on this. Is this a permanent red flag and DQ just because it is nerve related? It has not had any impact on my civilian flying. Thanks, I'd really appreciate the help!
Nerve Issue
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I have been lurking on the forums for a while now and I finally got the ball rolling on applying for the lifelong dream, and it has come to the point where I need to determine if this is an issue. To make a long story short at some point when I was young my spine grew slightly faster than my neck and damaged some nerves in my hand. I therefore have slightly reduced grip strength in one arm. This condition is rare and I am one of the lucky ones, as apparently it can be a lot worse to the point of really impacting overall hand strength/motion. I can still play all the sports I played before this started appearing and still go to the gym keeping everything as strong as possible. It is not progressive and has not gotten any worse. I have spoken with a few dudes who fly mil and they said it shouldn’t be a problem and said it’s something I should be quiet about unless asked. I was hoping to get a flight docs take on this. Is this a permanent red flag and DQ just because it is nerve related? It has not had any impact on my civilian flying. Thanks, I'd really appreciate the help!
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crinm/2016/5839761/