IMPROVEMENT IN COMPENSATION FOR VETERANS IN CERTAIN CASES OF IMPAIRMENT OF VISION INVOLVING BOTH EYES.

SEC. 102. IMPROVEMENT IN COMPENSATION FOR VETERANS IN CERTAIN CASES OF IMPAIRMENT OF VISION INVOLVING BOTH EYES. Section 1160(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—121 STAT. 1832(1) by striking “blindness” both places it appears and inserting “impairment of vision”;(2) by striking “misconduct;” and inserting “misconduct and—”; and(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:“(A) the impairment of vision in each eye is rated at a visual acuity of 20/200 or less; or“(B) the peripheral field of vision for each eye is 20 degrees or less;”.