VA Disability Rating for Visual field defects (DC 6080)

Rating levels

• 30% — You have lost vision in the same half of your visual field in both eyes (homonymous hemianopsia means you can't see either the left half or right half of what's normally in your field of view). This creates a significant blind spot that affects your ability to see objects, read, drive, and navigate safely. The vision loss occurs on the same side in both eyes due to damage in your brain's visual processing areas, not from eye injury itself.
• 30% — You have lost vision in the outer half of both eyes' visual fields, which means you cannot see things to your far left and far right sides when looking straight ahead. This creates tunnel vision where you can only see what's directly in front of you and slightly to each side. Both eyes must have this same pattern of vision loss in their temporal areas (the outer portions of each eye's field of view).
• 10% — You qualify if you've lost vision in the outer half of your visual field in one eye only. This means when you look straight ahead, you can't see things on the temple side (outer edge) of that eye, but your vision toward your nose is still normal. The vision loss must affect only the temporal (outer) portion of your visual field and occur in just one eye, not both.
• 10% — You have lost vision in the inner half of your visual field in both eyes - the part closest to your nose when looking straight ahead. This means when you look forward, you cannot see objects in the central area where your left and right eye's vision normally overlap, though you can still see things on the far left and far right sides.
• 10% — You qualify for this rating if you've lost vision in the nasal half (the half closest to your nose) of the visual field in one eye. This means when you look straight ahead, you can't see anything in the inner half of what that eye should normally be able to see, while the outer half of your vision in that eye remains normal.
• 30% — You have lost the bottom half of your vision in both eyes. This means when you look straight ahead, you cannot see anything in the lower portion of what should be your normal field of view (visual field) - it affects both your left and right eye equally. You would have difficulty seeing things like steps, curbs, or objects on the ground without moving your head or eyes downward.
• 10% — You qualify if you've lost vision in the bottom half of what you can see with one eye. This means when you look straight ahead with that eye, you cannot see anything in the lower portion of your field of vision (visual field), while the upper half remains normal.
• 10% — You would qualify if you've lost the upper half of your vision in both eyes. This means when you look straight ahead, you cannot see anything above the center line of your visual field (like looking through a window where the top half is completely blocked) in both your left and right eye.
• 10% — You cannot see the upper half of your visual field in one eye. This means when you look straight ahead with that eye, you have a blind spot covering everything above the middle line of your vision - you can't see objects, people, or anything in the top portion of what that eye should normally be able to see.
• 100% — Both eyes have only about 5 degrees of field left, a tiny central tunnel. The VA measures the field in eight directions and averages them (38 CFR 4.76a); a normal eye averages about 64 degrees, so 5 degrees is almost the whole field gone in each eye. Rated 100%.
• 30% — One eye has only about 5 degrees of field left, a tiny central tunnel. The VA measures the field in eight directions and averages them (38 CFR 4.76a); a normal eye averages about 64 degrees, so 5 degrees is almost the whole field gone in that eye. Rated 30%.
• 70% — Both eyes have a remaining field of 6 to 15 degrees, severe tunnel vision. The VA measures the field in eight directions and averages them (38 CFR 4.76a); a normal eye averages about 64 degrees, so 6 to 15 degrees is roughly one tenth to one quarter of normal in each eye. Rated 70%.
• 20% — One eye has a remaining field of 6 to 15 degrees, severe tunnel vision in that eye. The VA measures the field in eight directions and averages them (38 CFR 4.76a); a normal eye averages about 64 degrees, so 6 to 15 degrees is roughly one tenth to one quarter of normal. Rated 20%.
• 50% — Both eyes have a remaining field of 16 to 30 degrees. The VA measures the field in eight directions and averages them (38 CFR 4.76a); a normal eye averages about 64 degrees, so 16 to 30 degrees is roughly one quarter to one half of normal in each eye. Rated 50%.
• 10% — One eye has a remaining field of 16 to 30 degrees. The VA measures the field in eight directions and averages them (38 CFR 4.76a); a normal eye averages about 64 degrees, so 16 to 30 degrees is roughly one quarter to one half of normal in that eye. Rated 10%.
• 30% — Both eyes have a remaining field of 31 to 45 degrees. The VA measures the field in eight directions and averages them (38 CFR 4.76a); a normal eye averages about 64 degrees, so 31 to 45 degrees is roughly half to two thirds of normal in each eye. Rated 30%.
• 10% — One eye has a remaining field of 31 to 45 degrees. The VA measures the field in eight directions and averages them (38 CFR 4.76a); a normal eye averages about 64 degrees, so 31 to 45 degrees is roughly half to two thirds of normal in that eye. Rated 10%.
• 10% — Both eyes have a remaining field of 46 to 60 degrees. The VA measures the field in eight directions and averages them (38 CFR 4.76a); a normal eye averages about 64 degrees, so 46 to 60 degrees is a mild loss, close to normal, in each eye. Rated 10%.
• 10% — One eye has a remaining field of 46 to 60 degrees. The VA measures the field in eight directions and averages them (38 CFR 4.76a); a normal eye averages about 64 degrees, so 46 to 60 degrees is a mild loss, close to normal, in that eye. Rated 10%.