Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102
§1914 Statutory Total Disabilities
Title 38 › PART II — GENERAL BENEFITS › CHAPTER 19 — INSURANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE › § 1914
Summary
Counts certain permanent losses as total disability for insurance. It includes permanently losing the use of both feet, both hands, both eyes, any one-foot/one-hand, one-foot/one-eye, or one-hand/one-eye combination, complete deafness in both ears, or a permanent loss of speech.
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Title 38, §1914
Veterans' Benefits, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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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38 U.S.C. § 1914
Title 38, Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102