Scarred Cornea: How will it affect me

[Cruitre]

Hello,

I have applied and am waiting to do the medical. However I have contracted acanthamoeba keratitis which has caused blurry vision in my left eye. However it can cause corneal scarring which results in a general blurriness of vision out of the affected eye. However my vision, with both eyes ope, is still sharp over my entire range of vision and my depth perception is unaffected.

When I do the medical, how badly will this affect my rating. If it is scarred and not correctable (besides surgery which I cannot afford at this time) could I still be accepted.

Note: I am about to graduate from engineering and had planned to go through officer training.

Thank you
Cruitre

 

[AGD]

If you're applying for one of the aircrew trades, I'd say you're pretty f'd.

But you don't know if you have corneal scarring yet, now do you?

It's best if you go through the medical and let them tell you what to do.

 

[mariomike]

Some info here:
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/31590.0
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/100390/post-1036659.html#msg1036659
http://www.forces.gc.ca/health-sante/pd/cfp-pfc-154/AN-E-eng.asp

 

[Dan_7698]

Part of the medical test includes an eye exam. Go for it and see what happens

 

[medicineman]

Depends on how bad the vision is in that eye - you need correctable binocular vision, so both eyes.  You'll need a letter from your ophthalmologist as well as a full eye exam by same or optometrist

MM.