AdvertisementVA Says It Will Stop Arbitrarily Dropping Caregivers From ProgramDecember 21, 2018Quil LawrencefacebookEmailRetired Sgt. Chris Kurtz wheels himself up to his front door as his wife and caretaker, Heather Kurtz, follows behind. The Department of Veterans Affairs told him last summer that he no longer needs a caregiver. (Erica Brechtelsbauer for NPR)