Wounded Warrior Servicemembers Group Disability Insurance Act of 2005
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a group disability insurance benefit for members of the Armed Forces who incur certain severe disabilities.
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Wounded Warrior Servicemembers Group Disability Insurance Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to purchase from one or more insurance companies a policy (or policies) of group disability insurance to automatically insure, in the amount of $50,000 each, any servicemember who: (1) assumes an obligation to perform (for less than 31 days) active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training; and (2) is rendered uninsurable from a disability, or aggravation of a preexisting disability, incurred while proceeding directly to or returning directly from such duty or training. Outlines qualifying disabilities for purposes of such coverage, including: (1) complete and permanent loss of movement of an extremity; (2) burns of third degree or higher covering more than one square foot; (3) the loss of sight of one or both eyes; (4) the permanent loss of one hand or foot; and (5) the irretrievable loss of speech or hearing.
Provides for the payment of premiums and other payments with respect to such insurance.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1618: Wounded Warrior Servicemembers Group Disability Insurance Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1618/
"H.R. 1618: Wounded Warrior Servicemembers Group Disability Insurance Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1618/.
H.R. 1618, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1618/.
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