Report Of Eye Examination Page 2

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXAMINING DOCTOR
1. ACUITY:
Tested with standard, accurate, properly illuminated Snellen
Chart or Projection Chart at 20’ and 16’. Acuity, distance, and near vision
in each eye must be correctable to at least 20/30. If unaided acuity is at
least 20/30 in each eye, applicant will be encouraged (but not required) to
obtain corrective lenses if vision can be improved.
2. COLOR PERCEPTION:
Tested with Ishihara Charts or equivalent.
Applicant must be trichromatic and readily able to discern red, green, and
yellow. Failure to do so is disqualifying.
3. FUSION:
Tested with Worth 4-dot. Diplopia or suppression is
disqualifying.
Applicant must have single, simultaneous, binocular vision.
DEPTH PERCEPTION:
4.
Tested with Howard-Dolman apparatus. N.B.:
This is the only acceptable test for depth perception. Stereopsis testing is
not a suitable substitute. Applicant must be tested at 20’ and able to align
pegs within ± 2 cm of each other.
5. E.O.M.:
ESO or exophoria greater than 15 prism diopters and/or
hyperphoria greater than 2 prism diopters is disqualifying. Strabismus of
any degree is disqualifying, as is nystagmus.
6. FIELD OF VISION:
Tested on any standard perimeter. Applicant must
have uninterrupted horizontal binocular field of at least
Any scotoma
1400.
other than physiologic is disqualifying.
OPTHALMOSCOPY:
7.
Any degeneration of or active pathology of the
retina,
uveal tract, lens, or cornea that could adversely affect vision is
disqualifying.
HSMV 62042 (REV. 03/00)

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