Partially Blind Disability Benefits

Make sure your low vision meets the ssa s guidelines.

Partially blind disability benefits.

Disability benefits read. To qualify for federal benefits as a blind individual you must be legally blind. If you have one eye with vision worse then 20 200 and one eye with better vision than 20 200 you won t qualify under this listing. Legal blindness automatically qualifies you for disability benefits but the social security administration ssa does not have such a clear cut definition of when partially blind applicants are eligible.

What benefits am i entitled to as a severely sight impaired blind or sight impaired partially sighted person. Benefits concessions and registration pdf. That means your vision is not correctable to at least 20 200 in your best eye or you have a visual field of 20 degrees or less. This booklet also is available in braille and other formats.

The qualification depends on eyesight in both eyes and if you are considered legally blind. You can use this rule if you are blind but aren t getting disability benefits now. The blindness education screening and treatment program provides blindness education vision screenings and urgent eye medical treatment services. The deaf blind with multiple disabilities dbmd program provides home and community based services to individuals of all ages with deafblindness and another disability.

Part of our starting out series of leaflets benefits concessions and registration takes a look at the main benefits and concessions you could claim if you are blind or partially sighted plus how you can go about registering as sight impaired. Disability freeze there is a special rule that may help you get higher retirement or disability benefits someday. Total blindness the absence of light perception in both eyes qualifies automatically for disability benefits. Use the following tips to improve your chances of receiving an approval for social security disability ssd.

Given the restriction measures currently in place due to coronavirus some rules around claiming and assessments for benefits have been changed or relaxed in the short term. This is called legal blindness or statutory blindness even though it s only partial blindness. If your earnings demonstrate sga but your work requires a lower level of skill and ability than the work you did before age 55 or when you became blind whichever is later we will suspend not terminate your benefits. You are considered to be legally blind if your vision cannot be corrected to be better than 20 200 in your better.

Blind person s allowance is an extra amount you can earn before paying tax what you ll get eligibility how to apply and how to transfer your allowance. If you have poor or partial eyesight you might be able to qualify for disability benefits. Qualifying for benefits with partial sight. You might qualify for state benefits even if you re ineligible for federal benefits.