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The bill expands VA coverage to include adaptive and recreational prostheses—boosting mobility, rehabilitation, and reducing veterans' out-of-pocket costs—while increasing program costs and risking implementation delays as the VA adapts systems to provide these devices.
Veterans and Americans with disabilities who qualify for VA benefits gain coverage for adaptive and recreational prostheses, improving mobility, independence, rehabilitation outcomes, and overall quality of life.
Eligible veterans face lower out-of-pocket costs because the VA will authorize/cover adaptive sports and recreational devices that they might otherwise need to purchase themselves.
The VA and taxpayers may face higher program costs as demand for adaptive and recreational devices increases, potentially straining VA budgets or diverting funds from other services.
Implementation could be delayed if the VA must develop clinical criteria, procurement channels, or service processes for sports-specific prostheses, slowing access for eligible veterans.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Expands VA-covered medical services to explicitly include adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and recreational activities for eligible veterans.
Introduced March 10, 2025 by Mariannette Miller-Meeks · Last progress March 10, 2025
Expands the Department of Veterans Affairs' covered medical services to explicitly include adaptive prostheses and terminal devices made for sports and other recreational activities, making those items available to eligible veterans under existing VA medical-authority. The change amends the statutory definition of VA medical services but does not allocate funding, set deadlines, or add new agencies or programs.