Casch 0 #1 July 17, 2005 Can you be compensated for the loss of an eye through Social Security? People are telling me to look into it after my car accident last month where I destroyed my right eye and had it removed entirely. Is it even worth looking into? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mx757 4 #2 July 17, 2005 might give it a try... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casch 0 #3 July 18, 2005 I don't have any idea where to start though, this being the first major body part that I've lost Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mx757 4 #4 July 18, 2005 just call Social security or visit their web site. applie for disability benifits at worse they'll say no.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #5 July 18, 2005 Having gone through the loss of one eye myself, it does -not- make you disabled enough to qualify for Social Security. Disability benefit of a finite amount....maybe (worker's comp?), but nothing on-going. See here: http://www.edd.ca.gov/fleclaimdi.htm. I used it to go back to school for a new degree that was not in the high risk catagory that I had trained in previously. That is the only reason I got help. And that was to become self-suffient again, not rely on an income from someone else. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 36 #6 July 18, 2005 If you have Accidental Death or Dismemberment insurance file a claim. Mine pays 50% for loss of one eye.I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #7 July 19, 2005 I'm an optometrist, most of my patients are visually impaired/legally blind. You won't get anything from social security for a lost eye since it doesn't impair your ability to work at almost any job. Commercial pilot might be about the only thing you'd be limited on. It will take you a while to adapt, your brain is used to gathering info from two eyes, particularly with depth perception. But there are 10 cues to perceiving depth, only 2 of them require stereopsis (2 eyes working together). You are lucky to have only lost an eye and not anything more serious! Jen Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites