Do I understand these medical standards correctly?

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Emily

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I'm thinking about joining the military after high school,and I was looking at the medical standards, and I'm not sure I understand this correctly.
I have an ASD (atrial septal defect) that means I have a VERY small hole in my heart. It’s a congenital heart defect.
From what I understand from reading about the medical standards for joining the military, I can’t have a congenital heart defect, even if I get the hole fixed, and sign a waiver.
Am I reading that right?

Information about an ASD:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrial_septal_defect

Military Medical Standards (If you scroll down to where it says heart in bold, the first paragraph right underneath it talks about congenital heart disease):

http://www.military.com/Recruiting/Content/0,13898,rec_step07_DQ_medical,,00.html

Thanks :)
 
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