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Disabled Veterans And Caregivers Need Lasting Protection

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Disabled veterans and family caregivers should not live from extension to extension. Congress must make caregiver support permanent.

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Across the country, family caregivers help disabled veterans bathe, dress, eat, manage medications, attend medical appointments, prevent injuries, and remain at home instead of being forced into institutions. Their work is daily, physical, emotional, and often unpaid or underpaid.

For many severely disabled veterans, a trusted caregiver is not a convenience. It is the difference between safety and crisis. Yet too many caregivers have spent years wondering whether the support they rely on will be reduced, delayed, or taken away.

Temporary Extensions Are Not Enough

The Department of Veterans Affairs extended Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers protections for “legacy” participants and caregivers through Sept. 30, 2028.3 DAV reported that this extension means legacy veterans and caregivers will not face reductions in their monthly stipends based on reassessment for another three years, except in limited circumstances.2

That extension matters. It gives families breathing room. But it is still temporary. Disabled veterans and caregivers should not have to wait for the next rule change, court fight, or agency reassessment to know whether care will continue.

The Federal Register final rule extended the transition period for legacy participants, legacy applicants, and family caregivers through Sept. 30, 2028.4 A deadline that far away can still arrive quickly for families whose entire care plan depends on VA support.

Congress Can Make Support Permanent

Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chair Jerry Moran introduced legislation in January 2026 to permanently authorize a VA program supporting disabled veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders and their caregivers.1 MOAA reported that related caregiver legislation advanced in February 2026, describing the bill as a major step toward long-term support for veteran caregivers.5

Congress should go further. It should permanently authorize caregiver supports, protect legacy participants, allow care based on clinical need, support multiple caregiver models, improve training and payment standards, and require clear review before benefits are denied or reduced.

Caregivers save the VA money. More importantly, they protect veterans’ dignity, independence, and quality of life. They should not have to beg for temporary extensions.

Sign now to urge Congress to make VA caregiver support permanent and protect disabled veterans and caregivers from benefit uncertainty.

More on this issue:

  1. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (16 January 2026), "Chairman Moran Introduces Legislation to Permanently Authorize VA Program to Support Disabled Veterans & their Caregivers."
  2. DAV, DAV (24 February 2026), "Protections extended for grandfathered veterans, caregivers."
  3. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA News (20 November 2025), "VA extends caregiver support program eligibility for “legacy” Veterans, caregivers."
  4. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Federal Register (29 September 2025), "Extension of Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers Eligibility for Legacy Participants, Legacy Applicants, and Their Family Caregivers."
  5. MOAA, MOAA (17 February 2026), "MOAA-Backed Caregiver Bill Takes Major Step Forward."

The Petition

To the Ranking Members of the Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs

I urge you to make VA caregiver support permanent and strengthen long-term protections for disabled veterans and the family caregivers who keep them safe at home.

Caregivers help veterans with bathing, mobility, wound care, medication management, transportation, meals, appointments, crisis prevention, and daily safety. For many disabled veterans, a caregiver is the reason they can remain at home instead of entering an institution.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has extended protections for legacy Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers participants and applicants through Sept. 30, 2028. That extension is important, but temporary relief is not enough. Families who provide daily care should not have to live from deadline to deadline, wondering whether the support they depend on will be reduced or taken away.

Congress should permanently authorize and strengthen caregiver support programs. It should protect legacy caregivers, require clear review before benefits are denied or reduced, support care based on clinical need, improve caregiver training and payment standards, and ensure that multiple caregiver models are available for veterans with complex conditions.

This is not only a benefits issue. It is a dignity issue. Caregiver support keeps veterans safer, reduces avoidable institutional care, and recognizes the work families already perform every day. It also honors the reality that service-connected injuries and illnesses do not end when a veteran leaves the military.

Please pass legislation that gives disabled veterans and caregivers lasting certainty. No veteran should lose essential home care because a temporary extension expires. No caregiver should have to fight every few years to prove the value of care that is already keeping a veteran alive, stable, and home.

Make VA caregiver support permanent.

Sincerely,

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