VETERANS: Many have vision problems

The Blinded Veterans Association, chartered by the Congress of the United States in 1945, is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The most recent quarterly edition of the BVA Bulletin provides the following information:

1. Twenty-nine percent of all medically evacuated wounded service members from Iraq and Afghanistan have sustained head and neck injuries which may affect vision.

2. Approximately 4,970 have had severe blast eye globe injuries, 165 of which have already completed training at a VA Blind Rehabilitation Center.

3. There are an estimated 158,000 legally blinded veterans, and an additional 700,000 who have vision impairments.

4. BVA national officers include Secretary Robert “Dale” Stamper, a resident of Hayden.

5. Director of District 4 is Robert Mower of Spannaway, Wash.

6. The BVA Bulletin editor is Stuart Nelson, phone (800) 669-7079; fax (202) 371-8258.

More information is at www.BVA.org.

GRAHAM CRUTCHFIELD

Hayden