Paralyzed Former Servicemen Tell of Their Needs to House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees

Charlie Brown, national president of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), spoke on the importance of long-term care and assistance for disabled veterans at a Joint House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee on March 1.
“In order to be here today, I had to have help from my paid caregiver,” said Brown, who sustained a massive spinal cord injury in a diving accident in 1986 while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps in Cherry Point, N.C.
“He helped me get dressed, get out of bed and into my wheelchair. He helped me take my medicine. He helped me groom. My story’s not unique.”…}