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Subcommittee tables competing bill that would ban unaccredited paid help for VA claims
Summary
A companion bill, HB 1,911, the Veterans Services Protection Act, was also tabled after witnesses and veterans organizations debated whether state action is needed alongside federal accreditation rules.
Delegate Delores Sewell introduced HB 1,911, the Veterans Services Protection Act, which would make it a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for unaccredited individuals to charge for preparing, presenting, processing, advising, consulting, or assisting on veterans’ benefit matters before federal or state veteran agencies.
Sewell framed the bill as targeting “claim sharks” who charge large percentages of veterans’ benefits or promise guaranteed outcomes they cannot deliver. The bill carves out licensed attorneys…
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