# Fertility Counseling and Treatment for Certain Veterans and Spouses, Correction
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Interim final rule; correcting amendment. · Published 2017-02-21 · Effective 2017-02-21 · 82 FR 11152
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-03319
- **Category:** va-benefits
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 11152
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2017-02-21
- **Effective date:** 2017-02-21
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017, an interim final rulemaking adding a new section authorizing in vitro fertilization (IVF) for a veteran with a service-connected disability that results in the inability of the veteran to procreate without the use of fertility treatment. In addition, we added a new section authorizing VA to provide fertility counseling and treatment using assisted reproductive technologies (ART), including IVF, to a spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability that results in the inability of the veteran to procreate without the use of fertility treatment. These sections contain an error regarding the expiration date VA's authority to provide health care services. This document corrects the errors and does not make any substantive change to the content of the interim final rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/02/21/2017-03319/fertility-counseling-and-treatment-for-certain-veterans-and-spouses-correction)
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