FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Senior Airman Troy Dibley, 61st Fighter Squadron F-35A Lightning II avionics journeyman, receives a slit lamp examination at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (U.S. Air Force file photo)
Brain injuries can cause visual issues
By Military Health System Communications
FALLS CHURCH, Va. In 2008, the National Defense Authorization Act authorized the Secretary of Defense to “establish a Center of Excellence to address the full scope of vision care including prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, research and rehabilitation of military eye injuries and diseases.”
That year, the Vision Center of Excellence was established to address the full scope of vision care, including prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, research, and rehabilitation of military eye injuries and diseases including visual dysfunctions related to traumatic brain injury.