Congress May Expand ‘Caregiver’ Benefits

VA Secretary David Shulkin told the House Veterans Affairs Committee that he supports extending caregiver benefits — which includes a monthly stipend, access to health care insurance, caregiver training, stress counseling and a period of paid respite away from caregiver responsibilities — to persons caring for veterans catastrophically injured in wars back to World War II. However, as a condition for making benefits available to veterans injured before the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, Shulkin asked Congress to narrow eligibility criteria. Read the full story in the Military Advantage blog on Military.com.