Communities. 1  The city of Brighton is located adjacent to the township, but is administratively autonomous. 2  Pleasant Valley was a rural post office in the southeast of the township. Elijah Marsh was the first postmaster of the office, which operated from July 24, 1837, until July 29, 1852.
The medical rules we use to decide whether you are blind are the same for each program. Other rules are different. We explain the different rules for each program below. You can get disability benefits if youâre blind You may qualify for Social Security or SSI disability benefits if youâre blind. We consider you to be blind if your vision canât be corrected to better than 20/200 in your better eye or if your visual field is 20 degrees or less in your better eye.
Most of you have heard the term âlegally blindâ but you likely donât know what qualifies a person for disability benefits due to severe vision problems. Legal blindness is defined in two sections of the Social Security Act: Â§ 216(i)(B) (codified at 42 U.S.C. Â§ 416(i)(B)) and Â§ 1614(a)(2) (codified at 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1382c(a)(2)).