{"id":72089,"date":"2022-09-21T17:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T17:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/09\/21\/services-may-be-improperly-denying-vaccine-religious-waivers-ig-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:47:32","slug":"services-may-be-improperly-denying-vaccine-religious-waivers-ig-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/09\/21\/services-may-be-improperly-denying-vaccine-religious-waivers-ig-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Services may be improperly denying vaccine religious waivers, IG says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department\u2019s inspector general has concerns that service authorities rushed through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/08\/29\/troops-can-now-get-novavax-as-a-covid-19-vaccine\/\" target=\"_blank\">COVID-19 vaccine<\/a> exemption requests, issuing blanket denials without reviewing each case individually, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.militarytimes.com\/assets\/pdfs\/1663774585.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a memo<\/a> to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter, from acting DoD Inspector General Sean O\u2019Donnell, warns Austin that early findings of a review of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/10\/18\/troops-opposed-to-the-covid-19-vax-can-get-a-waiver-but-theyre-rare\/\" target=\"_blank\">waiver process<\/a> showed \u201cgeneralized assessments rather than the individualized assessment that is required by Federal law and DoD and Military service policies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe denial memorandums we reviewed generally did not reflect an individualized analysis, demonstrating that the Senior Military Official considered the full range of facts and circumstances relevant to the particular religious accommodation request,\u201d O\u2019Donnell added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon\u2019s IG hotline received dozens of complaints about the waiver process, he said, prompting the IG to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dodig.mil\/reports.html\/article\/2949836\/project-announcement-audit-of-military-departments-processing-of-coronavirus-di\/\" target=\"_blank\">announce a review in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/02\/18\/could-the-supreme-court-strike-down-the-militarys-vaccination-mandate\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50824678146_c365d55237_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Could the Supreme Court strike down the military\u2019s vaccination mandate?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Multiple lawsuits are arguing that the military is blanketly refusing religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The services have reported thousands of waiver requests for service members seeking to avoid the COVID-19 vaccination, which they are entitled to do for medical, religious or other administrative reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While many administrative or medical waivers have been granted, which can include health conditions or an imminent departure from the military, religious exemptions have been in the single digits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAdditionally, the volume and rate at which decisions were made to deny requests is concerning, \u201cO\u2019Donnell wrote. \u201cThe appeal authorities of the Services we reviewed indicated that an average of 50 denials per day were processed over a 90-day period.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That would average out to about 12 minutes per request, assuming a 10-hour day with no breaks, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of service members have been discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine since last winter, when service deadlines began. 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