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Every Statement of Principles covering the eyes and vision: 14 conditions, 538 legislated factors between them. Each one links through to the full factor list, and to an example report where we have written one.
A claim for any of these is decided against its Statement of Principles. At least one factor has to be met, and connected to your service. Reasonable Hypothesis applies to operational service; Balance of Probabilities to peacetime.
Accommodation disorder
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, accommodation disorder means: (a) the inability to adjust the lens of the eye to various distances or an inability to sustain such an…
Acquired cataract
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, acquired cataract means an opacification of the lens or lens capsule of the eye which causes visual impairment and which is not due to…
Angle-closure glaucoma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, angle-closure glaucoma means acquired closure of the anterior chamber angle of the eye, leading to reduction in aqueous outflow and…
Blepharitis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, blepharitis: (a) means inflammation of the eyelid margins or glands of the eyelid; and (b) includes acute blepharitis, chronic…
Central serous chorioretinopathy
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, central serous chorioretinopathy: (a) means a serous detachment of the neurosensory retina affecting central vision; and (b) includes…
Conjunctivitis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, conjunctivitis means inflammation of the conjunctiva and includes blepharoconjunctivitis and keratoconjunctivitis
Macular degeneration
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, macular degeneration: (a) means a group of degenerative diseases of the macula of the eye that may cause progressive, painless loss of…
Open-angle glaucoma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, open-angle glaucoma: (a) means an acquired, progressive optic neuropathy involving characteristic optic disc abnormalities and…
Pinguecula
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, pinguecula: (a) Means a small, raised benign elastoic conjunctival degeneration presenting as a fatty nodule near the temporal or nasal…
Pterygium
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, pterygium: (a) means a triangular or wedge-shaped expanse of fibrovascular tissue which grows horizontally in the interpalpebral…
Retinal burn
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, retinal burn: (a) means an acute photic injury to the retina of the eye from optical radiation passing through the eye's optical system;…
Retinal vascular occlusion
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, retinal vascular occlusion: (a) means obstruction to blood flow in either: (i) the retinal artery or its branches; or (ii) the retinal…
Toxic retinopathy
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, toxic retinopathy: (a) means pathological changes in the cells of the retina of the eye, in the presence of: (i) sustained vision…
Visual refractive error
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, visual refractive error: (a) means a group of eye diseases where the refractive power of the optical system in a relaxed state does not…
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