{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-416.981","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 416.981","heading":"Meaning of blindness as defined in the law.","body":"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.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION","PART 416—SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED","Subpart I—Determining Disability and Blindness"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"8f54e5fea8cb88134f9ce60de407061481d6906289b129506bb4b9d28064978b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-416.976","next":"us/20-cfr-416.982"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}