SPECIALIST / EXEMPTION PATH
The checker reads your verdict. The Kit gets you through the exam: documentation packets for your condition, the two 45-day form clocks run as a calendar, the official medication form packet, waiting-period calendars, failure recovery, and the examiner phone script.
Federal source: Appendix A to Part 391, §H · Rules checked October 2026
Advisory criteria (Appendix A, §H): after meningitis or encephalitis without early seizures, the suggested wait is about 1 year. Where early seizures occurred, the clocks lengthen — about 5 years seizure-free and off medication after bacterial meningitis with early seizures, up to 10 years after viral encephalitis with early seizures.
The infection starts the clock; the seizures, if any came with it, set its length. No early seizures is by far the shortest road.
Bring infectious-disease and neurology records that state plainly whether seizures occurred during the illness, plus medication stop dates if anti-seizure drugs were used.
This question is decided by the federal text together with its published advisory criteria — clocks, thresholds, and specialist files. The verdict above follows the cited criteria; your documentation is what proves you meet them.
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