VA Wants Money Back from Texas Iraq Veteran

Iraq War Veteran Stripped of Benefits For Wife and Daughter Because of the State They Live In 
IJ Review
BY KATIE LAPOTIN
(3 HOURS AGO)
LEGAL, MILITARY, POLITICS

An Iraq War veteran has been ordered to pay back the benefits she received from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) for her family.

The VA claimed the vet received them by mistake. According to The Advocate, Melissa Perkins-Fercha must pay back the federal money because she and her wife live in a state – Texas – which does not recognize same-sex marriage.

Perkins-Fercha, a disabled veteran, and her wife, got married in the state of Washington, in 2012. In 2014, her wife gave birth to their daughter. The VA covered Perkins-Fercha’s wife and daughter for less than a year.

Then they sent her a letter, informing the veteran that all of her benefits would be frozen until she paid back the money sent for her legally unrecognized family.
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