# Guidelines for Furnishing Sensori-neural Aids (i.e., Eyeglasses, Contact Lenses, Hearing Aids)
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Interim final rule. · Published 1997-06-03 · Effective 1997-06-03 · 62 FR 30240
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-14349
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 30240
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 1997-06-03
- **Effective date:** 1997-06-03
## Abstract

This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical regulations to provide guidelines for when VA will furnish veterans with sensori-neural aids (i.e., eyeglasses, contact lenses, hearing aids). These amendments are necessary to implement a requirement imposed in the recently enacted Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-262.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/06/03/97-14349/guidelines-for-furnishing-sensori-neural-aids-ie-eyeglasses-contact-lenses-hearing-aids)
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