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Informing car insurance of conditions?

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Hi i am in the uk. I have just being diagnosed with myopic cnv in left eye. My right eye is totally fine no conditions in that eye and the specialist said i am fine to drive. Do i need to tell dvla? Also de i need to tell car insurance company? Thankyou

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Hi, I don’t know the answer but I do know that there is a leaflet about driving on the Macular Society website.

I believe you only need to tell dvla if you have a scotoma. Its all on their website. You can legally drive with one good eye.

If you are dvla " legal" to drive then there is no issue with car insurance ( although for holiday insurance I always tell them in case I need an emergency inj whilst abroad).

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Dear kellie2812,

I am copying a link to our driving booklet:

macularsociety.org/sites/de...

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss this further. The Macular Society Advice and Information service is open 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday on 0300 3030 111.

Alternately, you can contact us via:

help@macularsociety.org

Kind regards,

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kellie2812

Thank you for all of your replys.

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