“VA has taken immediate steps to improve the program’s operations,” VA Secretary David J. Shulkin in a statement on Friday. We will continue to refine and improve this important program.”The VA created the Caregiver Program in 2011 to help disabled veterans. It is unclear how the VA intends to help the thousands of caregivers removed from the program over the past two years. Caregiver and military spouse Sarah Verardo said she and her husband, Army sergeant and Purple Heart recipient, Michael Verardo are grateful for the program. “We’re hopeful this is a long-term program,” Sarah Verardo said.

Source: Fox News July 31, 2017 14:48 UTC