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(says the guy who hasn't missed a TBG ex in five years...)

I sense another derail of the original topic coming...  :P >:D

Globemaster requires 3,000 feet with a 160,000 lbs load. Landing distance for a Herc (numbers vary) at a weight of 130,000 lbs is 2,300 feet, for the C-130E. I couldn't find landing specs for the C-130J. Charlottetown Airport runways are 5- and 7,000 feet respectively, and it was announced just...

Just to clarify, the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act (CFMVRCA), aka the New Veterans Charter, is for disability awards, and is the legislation which came into effect on 01 April 2006. The Pension Act covers disability pensions, and was the legislation...

Yes. Print it off and ask your audiologist to complete it. Submit it with your disability benefit application.

While you may not have a single traumatic incident to point to, repetitive injuries, or cumulative joint trauma, to the lumbar spine, may be what you need to list. You will want to combine the entries from the MIR in your service health records with a list of incidents (no matter how minor) from...

The initial 10% is just that. An initial assessment while you continue with treatment/rehab, etc. The entitlement (1/5th, 2/5ths, up to 5/5ths) is what opens the door to treatment. The compare the initial 10% for your PTSD to an initial assessment for a physical wound. The physical wound...

"Anywhere"? I can think of three places where PRes would be possibly faster getting to than Reg F, simply due to location location location, if the call were to be made, and it's a real DOMOPs scenario. Cape Breton NS; PEI; and NFLD. We all live in the communities where we train. We know the...

Excellent news!

are we calling it all :bullshit: then?

Brihard - not sure, but I'll ask. Bde runs one every spring. We send as many guys as are interested and available. Usually run in Aldershot NS. MTF.

It can take two weeks sometimes (and more), for a decision to be finalized at VAC, go to be paid out, and finally get into the hands of the client. We were just informed of the decision letters on My VAC Account last week. It's a slow step in the right direction. My VAC Account has the...

There still is a Small Arms Coaching Course. 36 Bde runs one every year, usually in the spring. Which works out great for us - get a few guys qualified, just in time to run a range weekend!

You state, "I should make a almost full recovery over the course of the next 6 months to a year". Scenario #1: let's say you tore your MCL during your sports day. You have surgery, and the doc expects you to make a full recovery. After a year's time, you have no limitations whatsoever, and...

Contact the Honourable Minister Hehr. You've already started working your way up the CoC, he's pretty much next in line.

Contact the OVO. 44 weeks is ridiculous. Step 3 is decision forthcoming - which should not take six weeks. IMO, anyway.

If I have my knee anatomy correct, it is a separate injury. Patella femoral syndrome (PFS) is a pain syndrome due to contact between the back of the kneecap (aka patella) with the femur (thigh bone). A torn meniscus is a tear of one the two menisci (C-shaped pieces of cartilage) in your knee...

Thanks for that, now it's stuck in my head... Luckily, I don't believe in suffering alone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcNhDstL4-k :P

Here's the policy document on PIA. http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/about-us/policy/document/2126 It's the most comprehensive document I could find to answer some of your questions.

Oy vey. I can imagine the reasons your claim was denied, i.e. the risk factors: previous family medical history (or strong medical link between family medical history and cardiac incident), smoking, high blood pressure, age, being male, high blood pressure, diabetes, stress, etc. I won't touch...