{"id":74275,"date":"2025-06-09T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/06\/09\/transgender-vet-sues-va-over-decision-to-halt-hormone-therapy-meds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:57:19","slug":"transgender-vet-sues-va-over-decision-to-halt-hormone-therapy-meds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2025\/06\/09\/transgender-vet-sues-va-over-decision-to-halt-hormone-therapy-meds\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender vet sues VA over decision to halt hormone therapy meds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A transgender Army veteran sued Veterans Affairs leaders on Monday for cancelling her hormone therapy medications as part of new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2025\/03\/17\/va-leaders-roll-back-policy-ensuring-medical-care-for-transgender-vets\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2025\/03\/17\/va-leaders-roll-back-policy-ensuring-medical-care-for-transgender-vets\/\">department policies ending all transgender-related care<\/a>, calling the move unlawful and unfair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit \u2014 filed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2024\/01\/25\/transgender-vets-sue-va-to-force-move-on-gender-confirmation-surgeries\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2024\/01\/25\/transgender-vets-sue-va-to-force-move-on-gender-confirmation-surgeries\/\">Yale Law School\u2019s Veterans Legal Services Clinic<\/a> \u2014 asks for a return to the department\u2019s health care policies in place at the start of this year, when hormone therapy was provided as part of a broad spectrum of VA medical services. Attorneys argue the abrupt change discriminates against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/05\/15\/military-to-screen-for-gender-dysphoria-amid-transgender-ban-per-memo\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/05\/15\/military-to-screen-for-gender-dysphoria-amid-transgender-ban-per-memo\/\">transgender veterans<\/a> and endangers their mental health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The identity of the veteran at the center of the legal fight has not been released, but clinic officials said she served for two years on active duty and nine years in the Army National Guard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024, before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/05\/08\/up-to-1000-transgender-troops-being-separated-under-new-pentagon-memo\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/05\/08\/up-to-1000-transgender-troops-being-separated-under-new-pentagon-memo\/\">separating from the military<\/a>, she was assigned a 100% disability rating for post-traumatic stress disorder. She shifted her health care from Tricare to VA with the promise that her hormone therapy would continue uninterrupted. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2025\/05\/08\/up-to-1000-transgender-troops-being-separated-under-new-pentagon-memo\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/US_Peru_Hegseth_57026.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Up to 1,000 transgender troops being separated under new Pentagon memo<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Active duty troops have until June 6 to voluntarily identify themselves to the department, and troops in the National Guard and Reserve have until July 7.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in March, Veterans Affairs officials announced plans to phase out all medical treatments for gender dysphoria, including hormone therapy and any surgical options for transgender veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement in March, VA Secretary Doug Collins said that \u201cVA should not be focused on helping veterans attempt to change their sex\u201d and said veterans who wanted to continue those services would have to pay for them on their own, outside the department\u2019s health care system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Department officials have said the move was both legally sound and necessary to refocus the agency on critical services to benefit all veterans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the lawsuit, filed in the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, charges that decision was made without any legal basis and represents a denial of the care promised to the petitioner. Attorneys asked the court to intervene swiftly on the case, since the petitioner\u2019s supply of hormone medication will run out later this summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Estimates on how many individuals the VA policy changes will impact have varied widely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Center for Transgender Equality has put the number of transgender veterans in America today at more than 134,000. 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