Former Navy SEAL, Wife Sue VA Over New Caregiver Program Rules
2 Dec 2020
Military.com | By Patricia Kime
A former Navy SEAL has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs over new restrictions that make it harder for caregivers of post-9/11 veterans to receive VA benefits.
In a complaint filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Andrew Sheets, his wife Kristie, and the non-profit advocacy group Veterans Warriors, Inc., say rules published July 31 conflict with the law that created the program, and extend restrictions beyond what was intended by the law that expanded the program to veterans from all eras.
Sheets has been eligible for the program since his application was approved in 2011. Following a deployment to Afghanistan in 2003, during which he completed 33 combat missions, he developed post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and panic attacks, along with depression. On discharge from the Navy, VA awarded him a 90% disability in light of those conditions and his physical injuries.
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