The Eyes have it - All things Vision-related

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No, I'm waiting until I'm transferred to a four-year university to contact an officer recruiter and start the process.

 

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Does anyone have any information on my chances of being accepted for SNA with strabismus?
I have astigmatism, but also 20/20 vision and my strabismus is very mild. Mild enough that regular eye tests couldn't detect it and the optometrist recommended removing prism from my prescription. I'm asking because the only information I found on waivers/DQ's is for surgery related to strabismus, which I've never had.

Strabismus is just an umbrella term that optometrists use that covers all forms of tropia and phoria. Before you do anything else, you need to figure out if it's a phoria (not DQ, within limits) or a tropia (DQ). Regardless, you'll be subjected to a cover test during your flight phsyical, and any form of tropia, mild or not, will get you disqualified. You should get a randot depth perception test done to verify if you can pass or not prior to going to MEPS, it's usually the first indication. Go through MEPS and make them tell you no.

 

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Strabismus is just an umbrella term that optometrists use that covers all forms of tropia and phoria. Before you do anything else, you need to figure out if it's a phoria (not DQ, within limits) or a tropia (DQ). Regardless, you'll be subjected to a cover test during your flight phsyical, and any form of tropia, mild or not, will get you disqualified. You should get a randot depth perception test done to verify if you can pass or not prior to going to MEPS, it's usually the first indication. Go through MEPS and make them tell you no.

thank you, I have another appointment with my optometrist soon, so I'll ask about doing that specific depth perception test. I did one recently, but it can't hurt to be as thorough as possible. For what it's worth, my optometrist couldn't detect my lazy eye using the cover-uncover test, and I don't have any visible misalignment. Thank you for the help, I'll take your last line to heart!