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6080 – Visual Field Defects

Note (3): For the purposes of evaluating visual impairment due to the particular condition, refer to 38 CFR 4.75-4.78 and to § 4.79, diagnostic codes 6061-6091.

Rating Criteria Rating
6080 – Visual field defects:
Homonymous hemianopsia 30
Loss of temporal half of visual field:
Bilateral 30
Unilateral 10
Or evaluate each affected eye as 20/70 (6/21)
Loss of nasal half of visual field:
Bilateral 10
Unilateral 10
Or evaluate each affected eye as 20/50 (6/15)
Loss of inferior half of visual field:
Bilateral 30
Unilateral 10
Or evaluate each affected eye as 20/70 (6/21)
Loss of superior half of visual field:
Bilateral 10
Unilateral 10
Or evaluate each affected eye as 20/50 (6/15)
Concentric contraction of visual field:
With remaining field of 5 degrees:1
Bilateral 100
Unilateral 30
Or evaluate each affected eye as 5/200 (1.5/60)
With remaining field of 6 to 15 degrees:
Bilateral 70
Unilateral 20
Or evaluate each affected eye as 20/200 (6/60)
With remaining field of 16 to 30 degrees:
Bilateral 50
Unilateral 10
Or evaluate each affected eye as 20/100 (6/30)
With remaining field of 31 to 45 degrees:
Bilateral 30
Unilateral 10
Or evaluate each affected eye as 20/70 (6/21)
With remaining field of 46 to 60 degrees:
Bilateral 10
Unilateral 10
Or evaluate each affected eye as 20/50 (6/15)

1 Review for entitlement to special monthly compensation under 38 CFR 3.350.