Again, our report last year identified this exact issue and actually went a step further. The department acknowledges that the family's mental health as it affects the veteran's mental health is important, and where the family's mental health is affecting the veteran, the family members can receive VAC-funded mental health treatment. I think that recognition is very well understood, and the benefit acknowledges that.
The gap is when those family members are suffering mental health issues in their own right. I shared a couple of stories with you the last time. I don't want to go into details, but if a child is having difficulty, the family may be receiving treatment together with the veteran. However, the child might need help on their own, and that's where the gap is. If the veteran has chosen not to pursue mental health treatment or the family is separated, so that the spouse is now an ex-spouse, how do the children then get access to mental health treatment when what is affecting the children may have directly come from the fact that they are children of a member who served? That's where the gap is.