Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151:reg:15:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 15 (pt 12/28)
Character Range: 358280–360935

all ratings.

PART 10.2: REPRODUCTION

Calculation of the impairment rating for loss of reproductive function

Follow the steps below to calculate the impairment rating due to an accepted loss of reproductive function.

(Each step is elaborated in the following pages.)

STEP 1  (Omit this step if you are assessing an accepted condition of a female veteran.)                Page 154
        Determine a functional impairment rating for loss of reproductive function from Table 10.2.1.
STEP 2  (Omit this step if you are assessing an accepted condition of a male veteran.)                  Page 155
        Determine a functional impairment rating for loss of sexual function from Table 10.2.2.

For the purposes of this chapter:

"infertility" means:

      for females —

       the condition in which a woman is unable to achieve a pregnancy resulting in a viable infant because of a gynaecological condition that prevents her becoming pregnant or  maintaining a pregnancy to term; or

       the situation of a woman who has been given medical advice that she should not become pregnant and who consequently does not give birth to a viable child either because of risk to her life; or the danger of seriously compromising her health; or serious and significant risk to the potential child. (The latter circumstance may arise if the woman has had radiotherapy for a malignant condition.)

      for males —

       the condition in which a man is unable to achieve a pregnancy in a woman.

"reduced fertility" means:

 for females —

       the situation of a woman who has sought medical help in order to become pregnant and who has been given such help in the form of IVF, GIFT, or a similar procedure or hormonal stimuli and who as a result of such procedures does become pregnant; or

       the situation of a woman who has been advised that she is infertile and who, as a result, has adopted a child and who then, and only after that, has conceived.

 (A woman is to be taken to be infertile if, despite such procedures, she remains unable to become pregnant. She will also be taken to be infertile until such time as she gives birth to a viable infant.)

 for males —

       the situation of a man who has sought medical help in order to enable him to father a child as a result of conditions such as a low sperm count or impotence or other related condition and who, with his partner, has been given such help in the form of IVF, GIFT, or a similar procedure or hormonal stimuli and who as a result of such procedures does succeed in becoming the biological father of a viable infant; or

       the situation of a man who has