Paragraph 2 Severe sight impairmentI1

United Kingdom

A person (“P”) is to be treated as having severe sight impairment if—

(a)

P has HIV,

(b)

P has been diagnosed with any of the following conditions, secondary to advanced HIV disease—

(i)

optic neuropathy secondary to cryptococcal meningitis;

(ii)

cytomegalovirus retinitis;

(iii)

varicella zoster virus necrotising retinitis;

(iv)

herpes simplex virus necrotising retinitis;

(v)

toxoplasmosis chorioretinitis;

(vi)

cortical blindness secondary to progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy, and

(c)

a consultant ophthalmologist has certified that P is severely sight-impaired or blind.

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