No more than light perception in both eyes — VA Diagnostic Code 6062

38 CFR § 4.75(f) says that when evaluating visual impairment, refer to 38 CFR 3.350 to determine whether the claimant may be entitled to special monthly compensation. Footnotes in the schedule indicate levels of visual impairment that potentially establish entitlement. 38 CFR § 3.350(c)(1)(iv) says the special monthly compensation provided by 38 U.S.C. 1114(m) is payable for “Blindness in both eyes having only light perception.” Section 3.350(b)(2) is a different sentence: 5/200 visual acuity or less bilaterally qualifies for entitlement under 38 U.S.C. 1114(l). Section 3.350(a)(4) is loss of use or blindness of one eye, having only light perception. That one-eye sentence is not the DC 6062 title. This page does not state a payment amount.

38 CFR § 4.76(b)(1) says to evaluate central visual acuity on the basis of corrected distance vision with central fixation, even if a central scotoma is present, and then states the exception when the lens required to correct distance vision in the poorer eye differs by more than three diopters. DC 6062’s own row is the “no more than light perception” line. It is not one cell of the later acuity pairs.

38 CFR § 4.31 says that in every instance where the schedule does not provide a zero percent evaluation for a diagnostic code, a zero percent evaluation shall be assigned when the requirements for a compensable evaluation are not met. DC 6062 prints one percentage, 100. Measured acuities that the table places under another code are not a lower line of DC 6062. 38 CFR § 4.7 assigns the higher rating when the disability picture more nearly approximates the criteria required for that rating. Otherwise, the lower rating will be assigned. 38 CFR § 4.6 requires each element affecting the evidence to be studied so that decisions will be equitable and just.

Source: 38 CFR § 4.79, Diagnostic Code 6062, eCFR full-text XML for 2026-10-01. Appendix B to Part 4, same version date, is the index line quoted above.