Failing to report medically disqualifying conditions on your FAA medical application could result in significant legal consequences, including revocation of certificates and licenses (medical and airman).

Whether an innocent oversight or intentional omission due to fear or apprehension led to the withholding of such information, the FAA Aerospace Medical Certification Division requires validation that there are no medical conditions, current or continuing, which would preclude medical certification or adversely affect safety of flight. While we oversee the medical component in such cases, legal consultation with an attorney specializing in aviation law is encouraged.

Currently, members of the United States Armed Forces who at the time of separation received a disability benefit they may not have disclosed at the time of their application for a medical certificate are now being required to account for the relevant medical facts pertaining to that omission. At the Center, we have successfully resolved many of those cases to the benefit of our airmen.