Title 38 — Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-73

§1914 Statutory total disabilities

Title 38 › Part PART II— - GENERAL BENEFITS › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - INSURANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE › § 1914

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Permanent loss of both hands, feet, or eyes; any one-hand/foot/eye pair; total deafness; or organic loss of speech is total disability for insurance; other causes may qualify.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §1914

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Without prejudice to any other cause of disability, the permanent loss of the use of both feet, of both hands, or of both eyes, or of one foot and one hand, or of one foot and one eye, or of one hand and one eye, or the total loss of hearing of both ears, or the organic loss of speech, shall be deemed total disability for insurance purposes.

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Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 714 of this title as this section.

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 1914

Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73