You have statutory blindness only if your visual disorder meets the criteria of 2.02 or 2.03A. (For visual field testing requirements, see 2.00A6.)Ĭ. The Act also provides that an eye that has a visual field limitation such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees is consideredĪs having a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less. (For visual acuity testing requirements, see 2.00A5.)ī. We use your best-corrected central visual acuity for distance in the better eye when we determine if this definition is met. The Act defines blindness as central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens. How do we define statutory blindness? Statutory blindness is blindness as defined in sections 216(i)(1) and 1614(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (Act).Ī. A loss of visual fields limits your ability to perceive visual stimuli in the peripheral extent of vision.Ģ. A loss of visual acuity limits your ability to distinguish detail, read, or do fine work. What are visual disorders? Visual disorders are abnormalities of the eye, the optic nerve, the optic tracts, or the brain that may cause a loss of visual acuity or visual fields.
Hearing loss treated with cochlear implantation 2.00 Special Senses and Speechġ. Contraction of the visual fields in the better eyeĭisturbance of labyrinthine-vestibular function
