Sgthermogenesm:

The following medical conditions could result in initiation of a Medical Evaluation Board (MEB),and could result in a medical discharge:

All ophthalmological cases must include visual acuity and Goldmann perimeter for peripheral visual field.

Any disease,injury infection process,or sequelae involving the eye which resistant to treatment and/or results in:

Distant visual acuity which cannot be corrected to at least 20/40 in the better eye.

The central field of vision in the better eye is less than 20 degrees from fixation in any direction.

Aphakia,bilateral.

Night blindness of such a degree that the member requires assistance in travel at night.

Glaucoma with demonstrable changes in the optic disc or visual
fields or not amenable to treatment.

Retinal detachment,bilateral

Retinal detachment,unilateral, which results from organic progressive disease or result in uncorrectable diplopia,or visual acuity or visual field defects worse than specified above.

Enucieated eye.

Vision correctable only by the use of bilateral contact lenses
or uncommon corrective devices,e.g. telesscopic lenses.

Aniseikonia when incapacitating signs or symptoms exist that are not easily treatable with standard ophthalmic spectacle lenses.

Diplopia when symptoms are severe, constant,and in a zone less
than 20 degrees from the primary position.

Hemianopsia when bilateral,permanent,and based on an organic
defect.

Visual acuity which cannot be corrected to a least:
Better eye/Worse eye
20/20/ 20/400
20/30 20/200
20/40 20/100
20/50 20/80
20/60 20/60

History of Keratorefractive surgery,of any kind,accomplished
to modify the refractive power of the cornea,or of lamellar,
penetrating keratoplasty.

Derived from Department of Defense (DOD) Physical Standards.

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