Blast Victims and Visual Impairment

The study following Iraq veterans suffering from TBI from blast injuries showed ongoing visual problems in a significant number (over 80%) following injury. The visual dysfunctions included problems with convergence, accommodative and ocular motor dysfunction, visual field defects and night vision. The study is important in that it validates, in a group which no one can attack, the presence of these troubling visual problems often found in non-military brain injury settings. Insurance companies commonly scoff at these types of complaints, which are very real and objective.