title: [Analysis of the causes of visual disability based on medical court opinions].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine visual invalidity causes based on medical-court opinions.
  
  
  METHODS
  An analysis of 337 medical-court opinions requested by the Public Insurance Department of the State Court in Szczecin has been carried out. The opinions concerned 189 men and 148 women at the age ranging from 23 to 96 years old. The average age was 52 years. The causes of appeals have been analyzed as well as admitted welfare assistance due to disablement and none self-reliance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was found that a trauma of an eye was the most frequent cause of applying a request for acknowledgment of partial disablement (13.4%) or complete disablement (25.8%). The most frequent reason of being not self-reliant was glaucoma (16.4%). It has been observed that the most often accepted by court cause of partial disablement was the undergoing of an eye injury (22.8%). Glaucoma was the most often accepted by court cause of complete disablement (17%) and none self-reliance (15.4%).
authors.affiliation: Z Katedry i Kliniki Okulistyki z Zakładem Patofizjologii Narzadu Wzroku Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie.
authors.forename: Damian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Czepita
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zejmo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D019987:Persons with Visual Disabilities