What are the Military Regulations for Retention, Retirement, and Separation for Eye Diseases and Eye Trauma?
Below is the military medical fitness standards and regulations for retention, separation and retirement as it relates to eye diseases, eye trauma and visual acuity. This is AR 40-501 army regulations for EYES and VISION. This regulation is for active service members. These are NOT entrance standards. For military entrance vision standards go HERE. These are the regulations used for a medical examination board (MEB.) This board can possibly terminate one’s service to the military base off of these medical related eye conditions. 3–1. General This chapter gives the various medical conditions and physical defects which may render a Soldier unfit for further military service and which fall below the standards required for the individuals in paragraph 3–2 below. 3–15. Eyes The causes for referral to an MEB are as follows: a. Active eye disease or any progressive organic disease or degeneration, regardless of the stage of activity, that is resistant to treatment and affects the distant visu
