VAC wait times

[vonGarvin]

Hi all
Long time lurker, first time poster (in this thread)
I submitted a claim, which was denied. There was some info on how to dispute their finding, but I've not dealt with VAC. Ever. From the peanut gallery (and without any detail on what was claimed: suffice it to say that I dispute their finding), is it worth it to dispute them? I'm not sure I want to deal with a government bureaucracy and all that entails.

Cheers!

 

[Jarnhamar]

will be interesting to receive the letter so I can see how they determined everything and compare to what I come up with.

Is this something you've asked to receive separately? Just incase you weren't aware, normally VAC doesn't send this out as a part of their process when approving someone for a successful claim application.

 

[PuckChaser]

Hi all
Long time lurker, first time poster (in this thread)
I submitted a claim, which was denied. There was some info on how to dispute their finding, but I've not dealt with VAC. Ever. From the peanut gallery (and without any detail on what was claimed: suffice it to say that I dispute their finding), is it worth it to dispute them? I'm not sure I want to deal with a government bureaucracy and all that entails.

Cheers!

I asked a Legion Service officer to review my file to see if there was grounds to appeal. Once he received all the docs, told me the award was typical of the condition and it wasn't worth appealing for more money at that time. I'd enlist their help especially if it was denied. VAC is an insurance company and if there's a little bit of doubt they deny you automatically and make you fight for less than 5/5 service connection.

 

[vonGarvin]

I asked a Legion Service officer to review my file to see if there was grounds to appeal. Once he received all the docs, told me the award was typical of the condition and it wasn't worth appealing for more money at that time. I'd enlist their help especially if it was denied. VAC is an insurance company and if there's a little bit of doubt they deny you automatically and make you fight for less than 5/5 service connection.

Thanks.

 

[CountDC]

Is this something you've asked to receive separately? Just incase you weren't aware, normally VAC doesn't send this out as a part of their process when approving someone for a successful claim application.

No, it is something they sent me on the previous claims and I just received for this claim. Perhaps my wording threw you off.

"arose out of your Regular Force service. Therefore, entitlement is granted, under Section 45 of the Veterans Well-being Act, Regular Force service.• Assessment is 3%, effective July 1st, 2022, under subsection 51(1) of the above Act.• Your assessment was calculated using a medical impairment rating of 2 (non-dominant rating) from Table 17.2 in the 2006 Table of Disabilities and a quality of life rating of 1."

VAC is an insurance company and if there's a little bit of doubt they deny you automatically and make you fight for less than 5/5 service connection.

That sounds like the old way. My understanding from the doctor and VAC is that they now use a probability scale that enables them to approve claims they couldn't before. The back is a good example of this as back injuries are considered the hardest to proof. They can now say you have x number of years in the military subjected to doing these type of activities with this equipment so there is a probability that your back injury is a cumulative affect.