[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR6.18]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 6_UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  6.18  Other disabilities deemed to be total and permanent.

    (a) In addition to the conditions specified in 38 U.S.C. 1958, the 
following also will be deemed to be total and permanent disabilities: 
Organic loss of speech; permanently helpless or permanently bedridden.
    (b) Organic loss of speech will mean the loss of the ability to 
express oneself, both by voice and whisper, through the normal organs of 
speech if such loss is caused by organic changes in such organs. Where 
such loss exists, the fact that some speech can be produced through the 
use of an artificial appliance or other organs of the body will be 
disregarded.

[61 FR 29025, June 7, 1996]

                             Death Benefits