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The October 1972 definition of disability is as follows: • An individual is "permanently and totally disabled" if that individual has some permanent physical or mental impairment, disease, or combination thereof that substantially precludes him or her from holding a job or engaging in a useful occupation within his or her competence. A person is determined to be blind when: • the visual acuity in his better eye can only be corrected to 20/200 or less, • the widest diameter of the visual field in his/her better eye is limited to an angle 20 degrees or less, • conditions that constitute severe visual handicaps exist, or • s/he: o meets the District of Columbia's October 1972 definition of blindness, and o received assistance under the Aid to the Blind Program for December 1973. Under the 1972 definition of blindness, an individual is considered to be blind when he or she has • vision in the better eye of no more than 20/200 while wearing corrective glasses; • a loss of 80 percent or more of his or her peripheral vision; or • certain other conditions which constitute a severe visual handicap. QM: N/A FS Disabled group member means a member of a household who meets any of the following requirements: • receives SSI benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act or disability or blindness payments under Titles I, II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act; • receives federally or state-administered supplemental benefits under Section 212(a) of Public Law 93-6; • receives disability retirement benefits from a governmental agency because of a disability considered permanent under Section 221(I) of the Social Security Act; • is a veteran with a service-connected or non-service connected disability rated by VA as total or paid as total by VA under Title 38 of the U.S. Code; • is a veteran considered by VA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound under Title 38 of the U.S. Code; • is a surviving spouse of a veteran and considered by VA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound or a surviving child of a veteran considered by VA to be permanently incapable of self-support under Title 38 of the U.S. Code; • is a surviving spouse or child of a veteran and considered by VA to be entitled to compensation for a service-connected death or pension benefits of a non- service connected death under Title 38 of the U.S. Code and has a disability