20 CFR 416.981
§ 416.981 Meaning of blindness as defined in the law.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 416.981, § 416.981 Meaning of blindness as defined in the law, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/79461
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We will consider you blind under the law for payment of supplemental security income benefits if we determine that you are statutorily blind. Statutory blindness is central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens. An eye which has a limitation in the field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees is considered to have a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.