Greetings all,

My name is Al and I am new to this group. I am 44 hears old and have been legally blind since birth (I have coloboma of the optic nerves).

I currently work a full time job, but I have been looking into the possiblity of SSDI in the future. I do have kind of a funny dllema - I have no medical records!

I stopped getting regular eye checkups many, many years ago (my eyesight generally has been the same my whole life), and the last opthamologist I went to no longer has my records. I do have a lteer from Helen Keller Services for the Blind stating that I am legally blind. I had a letter somewhere stating I have coloboma of the optic nerve, and what my vision is in each eye.

I plan on going for regular checkups now, this way by time I am 55, or example, I'll have 11 years of history for them to look back on. Would this be enough to satisfy the people at the SSA, or would I need to do something beyond that?

Thanks in advance!

Al