---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 4.9"
title: "38"
number: "4.9"
heading: "Congenital or developmental defects."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/4.9"
---

# §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.


## Notes

### Amendments

[41 FR 11292, Mar. 18, 1976]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1155, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 29 FR 6718, May 22, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[41 FR 11292, Mar. 18, 1976]