Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com d. Uveitis or iridocyclitis. Current or history of uveitis or iridocyclitis (364.3) is disqualifying. e. Retina. (1) Current or history of retinal defects and dystrophies, angiomatoses (759.6), retinoschisis and retinal cysts (361.1), phakomas (362.89), and other congenito-retinal hereditary conditions (362.7) that impair visual function or are progressive, are disqualifying.
(2) Current or history of any chorioretinal or retinal inflammatory conditions, including, but not limited to condi- tions leading to neovascularization, chorioretinitis, histoplasmosis, toxoplasmosis, or vascular conditions of the eye to include Coats’ disease, or Eales’ disease (363) is disqualifying. (3) Current or history of degenerative changes of any part of the retina (362) is disqualifying. (4) Current or history of detachment of the retina (361), history of surgery for same, or peripheral retinal injury, defect (361.3), or degeneration that may cause retinal detachment is disqualifying. f. Optic nerve.
(1) Current or history of optic neuritis (377.3), including, but not limited to neuroretinitis, secondary optic atrophy, or documented history of retrobulbar neuritis is disqualifying. (2) Current or history of optic atrophy (377.1), or cortical blindness (377.75) is disqualifying. (3) Current or history of papilledema (377.0) is disqualifying. g. Lens. (1) Current aphakia (379.31), history of lens implant, or current or history of dislocation of a lens is disqualifying. (2) Current or history of opacities of the lens (366) that interfere with vision or that are considered to be progressive, including cataract (366.9), are disqualifying. h. Ocular mobility and motility.
(1) Current diplopia (386.2) is disqualifying. (2) Current nystagmus (379.50) other than physiologic “end-point nystagmus” is disqualifying. (3) Esotropia (378.0), and hypertropia (378.31). For entrance into the USMA or ROTC programs, the following conditions are also disqualifying: esotropia of over 15 prism diopters; exotropia of over 10 prism diopters; hypertropia of over 5 prism diopters. i. Miscellaneous defects and conditions. (1) Current or history of abnormal visual fields due to disease of the eye or central nervous system (368.4), or trauma (368.9) is disqualifying.
(2) Absence of an eye, clinical anophthalmos, unspecified congenital (743.00) or acquired, or current or history of other disorders of globe (360.8) is disqualifying. (3) Current asthenopia (368.13), is disqualifying. (4) Current unilateral or bilateral non-familial exophthalmos (376) is disqualifying. (5) Current or history of glaucoma (365), including, but not limited to primary, secondary, or pre-glaucoma as evidenced by intraocular pressure above 21 millimeters of mercury (mmHg), or changes in the optic disc or visual field loss associated with glaucoma, is disqualifying.
(6) Current loss of normal pupillary reflex reactions to accommodation (367.5) or light (379.4), including Adie’s syndrome, is disqualifying. (7) Current night blindness (368.6) is disqualifying. (8) Current or history of retained intraocular foreign body (360) is disqualifying. (9) Current or history of any organic disease of the eye (360) or adnexa (376) not specified above, which threatens vision or visual function, is disqualifying. 2–13. Vision a. Current distant visual acuity of any degree that does not correct with spectacle lenses to at least one of the following (367) is disqualifying: (1) 20/40 in one eye and 20/70 in the other eye. (2) 20/30 in one eye and 20/100 in the other eye.
(3) 20/20 in one eye and 20/400 in the other eye. b. However, for entrance into USMA or ROTC, distant visual acuity that does not correct to 20/20 in one eye and 20/40 in the other eye is disqualifying. For entrance into OCS, distant visual acuity that does not correct to 20/20 in one eye and 20/100 in the other eye is disqualifying. c. Current near visual acuity (367) of any degree that does not correct to 20/40 in the better eye is disqualifying. d.
Current refractive error (hyperopia (367.0), myopia (367.1), astigmatism (367.2)), or history of refractive error prior to any refractive surgery manifest by any refractive error in spherical equivalent of worse than -8.00 or +8.00 diopters is disqualifying. However, for entrance into USMA or Army ROTC programs, the following conditions are disqualifying: (1) Astigmatism, all types over 3 diopters. 9 AR 40–501 • 14 December 2007