NOTE: Entitled in this definition refers to compensation or pension benefits received by the Veterans’ surviving spouses and children or benefits that have been approved but not yet received.

109.32 Permanent Disabilities under the Social Security Act

Permanent loss of use of both hands, both feet, or one hand and one foot.

Amputation of a leg at the hip

Amputation of leg or foot because of diabetes mellitus or peripheral vascular diseases

Total deafness, not correctable by surgery or hearing aid

Statutory blindness, except if due to cataracts or detached retina

IQ 59 or less, established after attaining age 16

Spinal cord or nerve root lesions resulting in paraplegia or quadriplegia

109.32 Permanent Disabilities under the Social Security Act (continued)

Multiple sclerosis in which there is damage to the nervous system because of scattered areas of inflammation which recurs and has progressed to varied interference with the function of the nervous system, including severe muscle weakness, paralysis, and vision and speech defects.

Muscular dystrophy with irreversible wasting of the muscles with a significant effect on the ability to use the arms and/or legs.

Impaired renal function due to chronic renal disease (documented by persistent adverse objective findings) resulting in severely reduced kidney function which may require dialysis or kidney transplant.

Amputation of limb, current age 55 or older.

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