Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102

§1958 Statutory Total Permanent Disability

Title 38 › PART II — GENERAL BENEFITS › CHAPTER 19 — INSURANCE › SUBCHAPTER II — UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE › § 1958

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Counts specific losses as total permanent disability for insurance: losing use of both feet, both hands, or both eyes; losing one foot and one hand, one foot and one eye, or one hand and one eye; losing hearing in both ears; or permanently losing speech. This rule is effective April 6, 1917, and applies only to automatic insurance, yearly‑renewable term insurance, and United States Government life insurance issued before December 15, 1936.

Full Legal Text

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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Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 758 of this title as this section.

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 1958

Title 38, Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102