Genital Mutilation in the United States Military

[unhappycamper]

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/12/military-traumatic-injury-pay-now-covers-genital-trauma-120211w/

The Veterans Administration has just released a schedule to compensate military folks for genital trauma.


One ball - $25,000

Two balls - $50,000

One penis - $50,000

Uterus or vaginal canal - $50,000

One ovary - $25,000

Two ovaries - $50,000


Long Live Empire!!!!

[xchrom]

1. recommend

[Obamanaut]

2. There would possibly be fewer claimants if the elected officials in DC, most of whom

will be reelected if they choose to run, would cease sending people to the areas where these traumas are likely to occur.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Appears that there is gender equality in compensation...nice.

tho I shudder to think of the need for such payments.

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[MH1]

5. +1, excellent post. Welcome to DU!

sometimes a part of a regulation will seem frivolous, but seen in context and history most of it is necessary. Sure the 80/20 rule or something like it probably applies. But if not for the 80, we'd all be screwed by charlatans who care only for their profit.

[trof]

6. I'll take the cookie tester job...

if I can do it from home.
;-)
Welcome to DU.

[ensho]

7. there should be another 50 thou for the grieving and sadness caused

by the losses

[Solly Mack]

8. There's also a payment amount per joint/digit/hand/arm etc..

What's alarming is that injury to the genitals is so great in number that a payment rate for the injury had to be established.(finally...as such injuries aren't uncommon...though they have increased)

I know of 3 people in the first year in Iraq that sustained injury to their genitals as a direct result of duty (and it didn't involve getting them them blown off either)