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Does being blinbd in one eye qualify as disability
8 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Legal blindness: No. The definition of legal blindness is 20/200 vision or worse in your better seeing eye or having less than 20 degrees of visual field in your better eye.
Answered 4/12/2014
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No: Many people have a single blind eye and work successfullly. All states require blindness in both eyes to qualify as disabled.
Answered 12/10/2012
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