The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to extend benefits through 2028 to veteran caregivers who faced removal from a VA program that provides them health care and compensation.

The VA announced Thursday that ‘legacy’ participants of the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers — those who had applied before and were accepted after Oct. 1, 2020 and those who were enrolled before that date — will remain in the program through Sept. 30, 2028.

VA officials had said in May that it planned to extend the deadline; Thursday’s announcement cemented the plan .

“Legacy caregivers have helped shape VA’s Caregiver Support Program for many years,” VA Secretary Doug Collins said in a statement. “This decision underscores VA’s commitment to veterans and caregivers across the n

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