Listing 2.02
Loss of Central Visual Acuity
This listing covers serious vision loss that cannot be fixed with glasses or contacts. SSA looks at how well you can see with your better eye, using your best possible correction.
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If your better eye sees 20/200 or worse even with correction, you meet this listing. This is also one of the ways SSA defines legal (statutory) blindness.
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What Listing 2.02 asks for
What SSA looks for — see the 1 items
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Even with the best glasses or contacts, your better eye sees 20/200 or worse on a standard distance eye chart. This is the only requirement for this listing.
(Listing 2.02, criterion A)
How long it must last:
The impairment must have lasted or be expected to last at least 12 months, except there is no duration requirement for statutory blindness under title XVI (SSI).