blindness and low vision
You may qualify for Social Security Disability benefits or SSI payments if you’re blind or you have low vision. SSA considers you to be blind if your vision can’t be corrected to better than 20/200 in your better eye or if your visual field is 20 degrees or less in your better eye for a period that lasted or is expected to last at least 12 months. If your vision doesn’t meet Social Security’s definition of blindness, you may still qualify for disability benefits if your vision problems alone, or combined with other health problems, prevent you from working. As you can imagine, having limited vision poses a huge barrier to employment. There are two general ways you may be found disabled based on legal blindness. The first way is meeting or equaling one of Social Security’s Listings. The second way is to show due to your vision loss you are unable to perform both your past work and also any other type of work in the national economy. While not as severe as complete blindness, low vi...