The money received from the VA Funding Fee is used to offset the few loans that go into default, and further reduces the cost to taxpayers, ensuring the VA Home Loan program continues for future generations.
Not likely. Most swollen or inflamed lymph nodes in the groin are not due to STDs, and gonorrhea and chlamydia don't do this. (There is a special kind of chlamydia called lymphogranuloma venereum or LGV, which causes this kind of problem, but extremely rare and almost never in heterosexuals.) If you're at risk for STDs, get checked for gonorrhea or chlamydia -- but not because of lymph nodes in the groin.
Some people use the term swollen glands to refer to swollen lymph nodes, especially when the nodes in the neck are swollen. However, lymph nodes are not glands. Lymph nodes in only one body area may be swollen, or nodes in two or more body areas can be swollen. Other symptoms, such as sore throat, runny nose, or fever, may be present depending on the cause. Sometimes swollen lymph nodes are discovered when the person is being examined because of another symptom.