At the medical assessment stage, and having a bit of a disagreement with Occ health nurse regarding the interpretation of eyesight requirements..bear with me:-
right- guidlines stipulate
Eyesight Mandatory requirement
Static visual acuity1 Corrected distance visual acuity must be 6/12 in either eye
and 6/6 or better, binocularly.
Corrected near static visual acuity must be 6/9 or better,
binocularly. [Applicants who do not reach the standard
should not be rejected but should be invited for a further test
after obtaining a stronger prescription].
Uncorrected visual acuity must be 6/36 or better, binocularly.
Corrected low contrast distance visual acuity must be 6/12 or
better for a 10% contrast target, binocularly.
now both my optician and myself, and pretty much everyone else ive asked -including serving officers of high rank, have interpreted this as meaning- if you can see ok to the requirements with ONE eye, and both together then you're fine.
however, the O/H nurse is of the opinion that it means each eye individually

i have very poor vision in my left eye, as a result of corneal scarring from childhood,,, but my peripheral vision is up to standard and my sight in my right eye and both together is 6/5 WITHOUT GLASSES! so..above the standard!
Is anyone please able to shed some light on this before i go totally mad...every document ive read reads the same to me and i dont understand why the nurse is viewing this a different way.
TIA
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