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I have NOT submitted this letter -I want to know if it is just me
having trouble with Veterans Affairs Canada
before I submit
Comments please..anyone else ??
DRAFT
Minister
Where there is smoke there is fire -
in USA Veterans Admin and Veterans Affairs Canada
A couple of for instances :
Mandate - Veterans Affairs mandate and money has moved from looking after veterans to more of a "Heritage Canada " function -example Ice Sculptures of Vimy and 100 year celebration of Vimy
Veterans having to do with second best disability equipment instead of the best (Not top of the line) - example hearing aids - veterans now issued clumsy "wrap around ear" devices of 1950 technology -and price instead of "state of the art devices" Even the Hearing Aid audiologists constantly fighting with Veterans Affairs to get service for veterans.
Veterans having to wait for months and years to have a pension decision reviewed- example it would be interested in the average figure how long it takes for a Pension Advocate to process a claim - most of us veterans are getting old - WW2 /Korean and even early Peacekeeping vets of Congo /Middle East.
Reverse Onus - and probably the most troubling and most difficult to get a handle on for a veteran is that when applying for a pension the veteran is "guilty until he is proved innocent" - in other words a veteran must prove he did not receive the disability before he joined the military. Should it not be up to the military to prove the vet did not receive during his overseas military duty?
This is but a
summary
tip of the iceberg
with Canadian veterans.
Stay tuned the the tidal wave to hit (after our Afghan vets return )
or
look into the situation quietly now
Respectfully
Gordon Jenkins
Major (retired) Canadian Army Regular
having trouble with Veterans Affairs Canada
before I submit
Comments please..anyone else ??
DRAFT
Minister
Where there is smoke there is fire -
in USA Veterans Admin and Veterans Affairs Canada
A couple of for instances :
Mandate - Veterans Affairs mandate and money has moved from looking after veterans to more of a "Heritage Canada " function -example Ice Sculptures of Vimy and 100 year celebration of Vimy
Veterans having to do with second best disability equipment instead of the best (Not top of the line) - example hearing aids - veterans now issued clumsy "wrap around ear" devices of 1950 technology -and price instead of "state of the art devices" Even the Hearing Aid audiologists constantly fighting with Veterans Affairs to get service for veterans.
Veterans having to wait for months and years to have a pension decision reviewed- example it would be interested in the average figure how long it takes for a Pension Advocate to process a claim - most of us veterans are getting old - WW2 /Korean and even early Peacekeeping vets of Congo /Middle East.
Reverse Onus - and probably the most troubling and most difficult to get a handle on for a veteran is that when applying for a pension the veteran is "guilty until he is proved innocent" - in other words a veteran must prove he did not receive the disability before he joined the military. Should it not be up to the military to prove the vet did not receive during his overseas military duty?
This is but a
summary
tip of the iceberg
with Canadian veterans.
Stay tuned the the tidal wave to hit (after our Afghan vets return )
or
look into the situation quietly now
Respectfully
Gordon Jenkins
Major (retired) Canadian Army Regular