Wounded Troops Should Get More Fertility Benefits Through the VA, Lawmakers Say
The daughter of a female airman holds her mother’s finger at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 29, 2017 (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
9 Mar 2021
Veterans with service-connected injuries that have left them infertile can access a range of options to help start a family under a law passed in 2016.
But between 2016 and 2019, just 567 veterans used the benefit, mainly because the rules are so restrictive that few qualify.
During a House hearing Tuesday, members of an appropriations subcommittee that oversees funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs called for changes to the law that governs this benefit, saying the legislation is outdated and baffling.
Lawmakers eye cutting restrictions, expanding infertility help for veterans
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