Loss of both eyes

The central fact VA needs to confirm is the physical absence of both eyes. Medical records documenting surgical removal, such as operative reports for enucleation or evisceration of each eye, directly show this. Pathology reports, discharge summaries, or prosthetic fitting records can also confirm the absence of each eye. Records from any VA or private ophthalmologist who examined you and noted the absence of both eyes support the same finding. Statements from you or people who know you that describe your daily experience without eyes may help round out the picture of the condition, but the clinical documentation of the physical loss itself is the core evidence that speaks to the rating criterion.