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DLA and sight loss
If it is exactly 6/60 they do not qualify - see CDLA/4126/2012 - shortly to be published to briefcase but you can get a copy now at:
If it is exactly 6/60 they do not qualify - see CDLA/4126/2012 - shortly to be published to briefcase but you can get a copy now at:
Ever so slightly frustrating decision. VA is measured indoors in very specific conditions. Even then it will often vary minute to minute; be different in the afternoon or when someone is tired etc. Specific eye conditions also have problems with specific letter shapes so the outcome can even be dependent upon the letters used in the Snellen.
The trouble is it’s a poor, outmoded test useful for no more than prescriptions and it’s now being used for a variety of purposes for which it was not intended and is not accurate.
Had this person been sent to a different opticians at a different time of day you do have to wonder what the outcome might have been.
“Bangs head against wall”!