Hi all, I tried joining the RN back in 2017, at 16 years old. I want to go into the CIS branch as the submariner.
My eyesight is -3.75 and -4. I understand it says on the website eyesight can be between + and -6 diopters, which mine are.
When I applied back in 2017 I had my RC, eye test, interview and then my medical. In my eye test and triage phone call nothing was mentioned about my eye sight, however, when I went to my medical I had to read some letters from 3 feet away WITHOUT my glasses, which I could not do and then was failed on my eyesight.
However, after reading some of the threads on here I have seen people with worse eyesight than mine have been able to join. I’m starting to wonder whether I was actually allowed to wear my glasses for the test in the medical and the doctor cocked up??
I was told my eyes were below VA3 and I was not suitable for any role in the RN. However, I’m thinking about reapplying as I have seen people on here get in with worse eyesight than me. Could anyone shed some light on if I should’ve been allowed to join with my eyesight please and if I was allowed to wear glasses in my medical ??? Thank you in advance !!
My eyesight is -3.75 and -4. I understand it says on the website eyesight can be between + and -6 diopters, which mine are.
When I applied back in 2017 I had my RC, eye test, interview and then my medical. In my eye test and triage phone call nothing was mentioned about my eye sight, however, when I went to my medical I had to read some letters from 3 feet away WITHOUT my glasses, which I could not do and then was failed on my eyesight.
However, after reading some of the threads on here I have seen people with worse eyesight than mine have been able to join. I’m starting to wonder whether I was actually allowed to wear my glasses for the test in the medical and the doctor cocked up??
I was told my eyes were below VA3 and I was not suitable for any role in the RN. However, I’m thinking about reapplying as I have seen people on here get in with worse eyesight than me. Could anyone shed some light on if I should’ve been allowed to join with my eyesight please and if I was allowed to wear glasses in my medical ??? Thank you in advance !!
