Cross post from the other LASIK thread....
Just an update for everyone on this subject. The Pre-Surgery Hyperopia (Farsightedness) limits have been up'd as of Oct 2009 from
Less than or equal to +0.50
to
Less than or equal to +3.00
Not sure if this has been posted yet. This information is available from the Oct2009 Waiver Guide which I have attached.
Also - here's a great statistic from the new Waiver Guide:
"AIMWTS review in Sep 2009 revealed 1712 total cases with a waiver disposition.
There were 412 FC I/IA cases, 687 FC II cases and 612 FC III cases and one case labeled “UAS”.
Within the FC I/IA group, 163 later had a disposition for FC II which is not reflected in the FC II total above.
There were a total of 80 disqualifications; 25 were FC I/IA, 20 were FC II, and there were 35 in the FC III category.
There was also one FC I case that was granted an ETP.
Within the population of those disqualified, about 60% were for vision-related problems, excessive presurgical refractive error, or side effects from the procedure such as haze, and the remainder were disqualified for other medical conditions or administrative issues."