Summary

Description

The Defense and Veterans Eye Injury Registry (DVEIR) is the initiative to meet the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, Section 1623 directive to the DoD. Another requirement mandated by this Act is to create a Vision Center of Excellence (VCE) in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries with the objective to improve preventative measures and treatment of Service Members/Vets.DVEIR will be an outcome of a joint effort of the DoD and the VA that will provide a central repository for the collected data and for that data to be shared with other agencies. VCE managers and researchers will be able to use the data collected to evaluate and report on statistics and optimum care strategies for Service Members/Vets with eye/vision injuries.