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What is the current policy on corneal refractive surgery for active duty Navy and USMC personnel?
The CNO’s NAVADMIN message of 29 Dec 99 (341/99) announced the start of the Navy’s Corneal Refractive Surgery program.Active duty personnel, regardless of their warfare community status, may request evaluation to determine their suitability for surgery.If the service member is determined to be a suitable candidate, a consult requesting surgery can be submitted to one of the Navy Refractive Surgery Centers (see section 8 for additional information on the process of requesting surgery). The Navy has laser centers in San Diego, Portsmouth, Bethesda, Bremerton, Jacksonville, Camp Lejuene, and Camp Pendleton.
The demand for refractive surgery exceeds the ability to accommodate all servicemembers, and therefore surgery is scheduled on a prioritized basis. Highest priority goes to servicemembers whose military duties require them to regularly work in extreme physical environments that make the wearing of glasses or contact lenses difficult or unsafe. To facilitate the screening process, unit Commanding Officers will be required to determine the appropriate priority category, and grant permission for their personnel to have surgery performed. While personnel in non-warfare communities are not excluded from the possibility of having surgery performed at a Navy center, in most cases they will likely be assigned a lower priority than service members in warfare communities.
Servicemembers that do not wish to wait to have surgery performed in the Navy can elect to have surgery performed at their own expense in the civilian sector.The Navy does not encourage this option.Service members are required to receive counseling to ensure they are aware of Navy/Marine Corps policies pertaining to all elective surgeries performed by civilian physicians, and that they understand the responsibilities required of them before and after surgery.Approval by the unit Commanding Officer is required.Failure to comply with these requirements may result in disciplinary action and/or loss of eligibility for disability benefits in the event of adverse outcomes following surgery. See section 9 for complete details on the requirements before and after surgery in the civilian sector.