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Glaucoma

  • Keep an eye out for glaucoma  

    Keep an eye out for glaucoma  

    Learn about the risks of glaucoma and ways to protect your eye health

  • Expanding access to glaucoma care with innovative telehealth

    Expanding access to glaucoma care with innovative telehealth

    Central Alabama VA is working to improve glaucoma screening and other eye care services for Veterans in central Alabama.

  • Optometrist encourages Veterans to get glaucoma test

    Optometrist encourages Veterans to get glaucoma test

    Untreated, glaucoma can leave people partially or fully blind. Factors include genetics and ethnicity.

  • TeleEye Screening focuses on preventative care – Part Two

    TeleEye Screening focuses on preventative care – Part Two

    TeleEye enables an eye specialist to screen patients for diabetic retinopathy through photographs taken at the primary medical care home.

  • Why I get my health care at VA: Charles

    Why I get my health care at VA: Charles

    Navy Veteran Charles served in World War II. He came to VA after his eyesight began failing. The staff at the VISOR Center helped Charles continue living independently, despite his condition.

  • Blindness from glaucoma – often prevented with early treatment

    Blindness from glaucoma – often prevented with early treatment

    Early identification of Veterans at high risk of glaucoma allows more aggressive treatment before the damage occurs. Glaucoma damages your eye’s optic nerve. Make an appointment today.

  • Tomah VA teleretinal imaging improves care for Veterans

    Tomah VA teleretinal imaging improves care for Veterans

    Most often used for Veterans with diabetes and elevated A1c, teleretinal imaging is expanding nationally to assist in screening for conditions such as glaucoma and macular degeneration.

  • VA vision care helps Veterans live independently

    VA vision care helps Veterans live independently

    Advanced Low Vision team creates individualized treatment plans for Veterans. A Marine Veteran: admits “It can be depressing…to be dependent on others.” But after his first clinic visit, “I felt hopeful for the first time in a long time.”

  • Glaucoma? Meet VA doctor working to improve vision

    Glaucoma? Meet VA doctor working to improve vision

    Dr. Mary Lynch is the first woman to receive the American Glaucoma Society’s prestigious Innovator Award. Many Veterans are better off today thanks to her contributions to the field of glaucoma.

  • Eye care for Veterans enhanced with Dr. Maa’s program

    Eye care for Veterans enhanced with Dr. Maa’s program

    Dr. April Maa has helped transform eye care delivery across the VA system. A program she developed called TECS - Technology-based Eye Care Services – streamlines the process for all Veterans.

  • Glaucoma – Why Veterans need regular eye exams

    Glaucoma – Why Veterans need regular eye exams

    Over two million Americans have glaucoma, including many Veterans. Here’s a look at the disease and why you should schedule an eye exam…now

  • Veterans: Here’s what you need to know about glaucoma and cataracts

    Veterans: Here’s what you need to know about glaucoma and cataracts

    VA researchers showed that the rate of eye disease may be increasing in the VA system, and that Veterans with serious mental illness have a higher rate of eye diseases than other Veterans.

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Last updated May 15, 2025

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