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2.10. Eligibility

You are eligible for the SGLI Disability Extension if you are totally disabled at time of discharge.  To be considered totally disabled, you must have a disability that prevents you from being gainfully employed, or have one of the following conditions, regardless of your employment status:

• Permanent loss of use of both hands
• Permanent loss of use of both feet
• Permanent loss of use of both eyes
• Permanent loss of use of one hand and one foot
• Permanent loss of use of one foot and one eye
• Permanent loss of use of one hand and one eye
• Total loss of hearing in both ears
• Organic loss of speech (lost ability to express oneself, both by voice and whisper, through normal organs for speech - being able to speak with an artificial appliance is disregarded in determination of total disability)