---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 8.18"
title: "38"
number: "8.18"
heading: "Total disability—speech."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/8.18"
---

# §8.18. Total disability—speech.


The organic loss of speech shall be deemed to be total disability under National Service Life Insurance.


## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 54738, Aug. 26, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 1901-1929, 1981-1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 54738, Aug. 26, 2002]