[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR4.9]

[Page 365]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 4_SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart A_General Policy in Rating
 
Sec. 4.9  Congenital or developmental defects.

    Mere congenital or developmental defects, absent, displaced or 
supernumerary parts, refractive error of the eye, personality disorder 
and mental deficiency are not diseases or injuries in the meaning of 
applicable legislation for disability compensation purposes.

[41 FR 11292, Mar. 18, 1976]