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Hey guys, I have a hunch that a lot of you med guys are a little tired of seeing (no pun intended) all the "MY PRESCRIPTION is XXX and XXX so am I VX?", but this thing has been bothering me for about a week and I'd be thankful for your help to straighten it out.
I went to my ophthalmologist with the sheet the Senior Medic gives you after they realize your vision isn't quite up to par. I had my eye doctor fill it out and my visual acuity is listed as 60/600 in both eyes uncorrected, 6/6 in both corrected.
Now, after reading that, I realized that my visual acuity is measured under the Snellen system. After reading this :
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/31590.0
I understand that the minimum to be a V3 is 6/60, which is equivalent to 20/200 in Snellen.
Now, given my prescription, would I be correct to assume that 60/600 is the same as 20/200? Basically with a little math if I change "60/600" by dividing each side by 3 I would end up with 20/200. I was just wondering that despite the conversion, it would still be accurate with regards to reading it in the metric system. It's a rather straightforward question and I know I seem to be grasping at things that should just be common sense, but for the sake of getting rid of this strange irritation that's been bothering me for the week I'd greatly appreciate your help.
Thanks in advance!
I went to my ophthalmologist with the sheet the Senior Medic gives you after they realize your vision isn't quite up to par. I had my eye doctor fill it out and my visual acuity is listed as 60/600 in both eyes uncorrected, 6/6 in both corrected.
Now, after reading that, I realized that my visual acuity is measured under the Snellen system. After reading this :
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/31590.0
I understand that the minimum to be a V3 is 6/60, which is equivalent to 20/200 in Snellen.
Now, given my prescription, would I be correct to assume that 60/600 is the same as 20/200? Basically with a little math if I change "60/600" by dividing each side by 3 I would end up with 20/200. I was just wondering that despite the conversion, it would still be accurate with regards to reading it in the metric system. It's a rather straightforward question and I know I seem to be grasping at things that should just be common sense, but for the sake of getting rid of this strange irritation that's been bothering me for the week I'd greatly appreciate your help.
Thanks in advance!