What are the eligibility requirements for CBVI services?
A person is eligible for services if he or she is VISUALLY IMPAIRED or LEGALLY BLIND with best correction, and is experiencing problems in his or her life as a result of the vision loss. VISUALLY IMPAIRED means that an individual’s vision is 20/70 or less in the better eye. (The person sees at 20 feet what a normally sighted person sees at 70 feet.) LEGALLY BLIND means that an individual’s vision is 20/200 or less in the better eye. (The person sees at 20 feet what a normally sighted person sees at 200 feet.) Also, an individual is considered legally blind if he or she has a restricted visual field limited to 20 degrees or less. (The person sees 20 degrees of all the objects in his or her field of vision when a normally sighted person would see 180 degrees.
A person is eligible for services if he or she is VISUALLY IMPAIRED or LEGALLY BLIND with best correction, and is experiencing problems in his or her life as a result of the vision loss. VISUALLY IMPAIRED means that an individual’s vision is 20/70 or less in the better eye. (The person sees at 20 feet what a normally sighted person sees at 70 feet.) LEGALLY BLIND means that an individual’s vision is 20/200 or less in the better eye. (The person sees at 20 feet what a normally sighted person sees at 200 feet.) Also, an individual is considered legally blind if he or she has a restricted visual field limited to 20 degrees or less.
