The Government Has Finally Responded To The Terrifying Rise In Traumatic Genital Injury

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Severing the possibility of having kids, and a normal sex life, in one single unexpected blast — it's a gut-wrenching reality for the thousands of troops deployed in war zones. In a word, it's heartbreaking.

After years of never-before-seen frequency of this exact scenario during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, the Department of Veterans' Affairs have finally announced that they will pay $50,000 to victims of traumatic genitourinary damage sustained during service in the military.

This type of injury has never been so common.

Historically, rates of traumatic genital injury — major damage to the penis, testicles, vulva or ovaries — has ranged from 2 to 5%. In 2010, that rate stood at 12.7% of all wounded.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/veterans-affairs-covering-genital-injury-in-insurance-programs-2012-6

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