Title 38 — Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-73
§1958 Statutory total permanent disability
Title 38 › Part PART II— - GENERAL BENEFITS › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - INSURANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE › § 1958
Summary
Permanent loss of both feet, both hands, both eyes; any one-foot/one-hand/one-eye pair; total deafness; or organic loss of speech counts as total permanent disability, without excluding other causes, for life insurance issued before December 15, 1936, effective April 6, 1917.
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Title 38, §1958
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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 loss of hearing of both ears, or the organic loss of speech, shall be deemed total permanent disability for insurance purposes. This section shall be deemed to be in effect on and after April 6, 1917, and shall apply only to automatic insurance, yearly renewable term insurance, and United States Government life insurance issued prior to December 15, 1936.
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38 U.S.C. § 1958
Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73