§ 1914. Statutory total disabilities

Statutory text

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.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1958
Pub. L. 85–857 · 72 Stat. 1105
Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 1914
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1151, § 714
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1151, § 714
1991
Pub. L. 102–83 § 5(a) · 105 Stat. 378
Changed · 38 U.S.C. § 1914
Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 714 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 714 of this title as this section.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Redesignation of Sections to Conform to Chapter Numbers.— Each section contained in any of chapters 11 through 23 is redesignated by replacing the first digit of the section number with the number of the chapter containing that section. Each section contained in any of chapters 24 through 42 is redesignated so that the first two digits of the section number of that section are the same as the chapter number of the chapter containing that section.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

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

Credits

1958–1991 · 2 acts

1958Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1151, § 714
1991renumbered § 1914, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1151, § 714; renumbered § 1914, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)