VetDogs Remove Boundaries and Change Lives Imagine a world where you’re struggling with a combination of impaired vision, limited mobility and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). That’s the reality for many of our veterans. But there is hope, and it comes with four legs – a VetDog. Dec 21, 2020 9:00 AM ET Tweet This: Blog For Joe Worley, a U.S. Navy veteran and a father of three, simply getting up off the floor and retrieving his shoe used to be a daily struggle. He lost his left leg and severely injured his right leg in 2004 after stepping on an IED bomb in Iraq while serving his country as a corpsman assigned to a U.S. Marine infantry unit.