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  1. blackberet17

    Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves

    Great spot to do a crest drill in the centre...
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    Veterans Affairs Ombudsman

    GEDS Also, in some cases, adjudicators have contacted claimants directly, such as when some information is lacking from an application. Never hurts to ask for a phone number when you're talking to them :)
  3. blackberet17

    Brain Injury Pension Decisions

    Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is also relatively new as a medical condition. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) in the US didn't start tracking it - for lack of a better term - until 2002 as its own, specific medical condition, i.e. separate and distinct from brain lesions and bleeds...
  4. blackberet17

    Marriage Breakdown - pension split

    Hindsight is 20-20, but a pre-nup is a wonderful thing...I got burned on the first marriage, won't make the same mistake this time around.
  5. blackberet17

    VAC PIA/EIA

    You may qualify for an Exceptional Incapacity Allowance (EIA) if you are in receipt of: •a Disability Pension for condition(s) that total 98% or more; OR •a Disability Pension and a Disability Award for conditions that total 98% or more; OR •a Disability Pension and POW compensation that total...
  6. blackberet17

    Veterans Affairs Ombudsman

    Stage 3 means a decision has been reached. A little weird it has been at Stage 3 this long. Have you been contacted by anyone at VAC, such as a Case Manager or Adjudicator yet?
  7. blackberet17

    Brain Injury Pension Decisions

    Not sure who you mean by "they"... What you may be looking at down the road - for which I can't provide a timeline - are claims for medical conditions which arise as a consequence of the primary medical condition. Example: Cpl Bloggins suffers from PTSD, as a result of experiences and trauma...
  8. blackberet17

    Hip - Labral Tear

    Mediman14: Submit claims for each. The labrum is the rim of cartilage surrounding the hip joint, attached to the acetabulum. While it's one "area", an anterior and a posterior tear relate to two "slightly separate" areas, and can be considered as two separate conditions. Mostly, because an...
  9. blackberet17

    Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves

    Egads, man! We use public lands one or twice a year, our first fall exercise is a given. One thing our Div is doing is doing 10-yr land clearances, so we don't have to do them every year (yay!). We use provincial parks as much as possible, both for hides and harbours, but for other ex-related...
  10. blackberet17

    Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves

    Tactics as for the Armour trade have seen but slight changes over the years. Move a vehicle (regardless of armament, crew size, tire size) from point A to point B tactically. Do so as part of a Patrol. Do so as part of a Troop. No change. no change from platform to platform. The only real...
  11. blackberet17

    Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves

    BS. The CComd skills are easily transferable from platform to platform. True, dvrs, gnrs and CComds would require a conversion crs IOT operate the wpns system on, say a LAV. However, this is NO different than RegF pers being qual'd on multiple platforms as they progress through their careers and...
  12. blackberet17

    Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves

    Ahh, because PRes serves to augment the REgF. LUVW may not have armour, but it is a means to an end, a platform on which tps can maintain skills required and transferable regardless of platform (except gunnery - TOC needed).
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    How many soldiers in the army are combat arms?

    I was going to add, "Hey, I resemble that remark!" I've been off these pages a little too much lately, I'm missing all the good stuff...
  14. blackberet17

    Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves

    No thanks. We Easterners have already a great enough dislike for the Toronto Sports Network to lumped unceremoniously with "Central" Canada in such a reorg. 5 Cdn Div already regroups four provinces. Think we'd have much of a voice grouped in with The Centre of the Universe Ontario?
  15. blackberet17

    What's the Dumbest Thing You've SEEN Today?

    The CVA blog page is blocked on VAC servers. I wonder if that's intentional :sarcasm:
  16. blackberet17

    Logistic Vehicle Modernization Project - Replacing everything from LUVW to SHLVW

    My CO mentioned last week there's rumour/word of an off-the-shelf replacement coming for the G-Wagon, when it's time is up in 2017. Anyone have SA on it?
  17. blackberet17

    Brain Injury Pension Decisions

    Um...not exactly. I've faxed docs in, such as an audiogram (after contact established, of course). And through My VAC Account, I think you can scan and submit documents. If not, I know it's one of the builds coming.
  18. blackberet17

    Sleep Apnea and VAC

    That's why I mentioned it. In any case, you stand a better chance with OSA as a consequence of GERD. If you haven't already, you'll want to submit a list of your medications. As it never hurts to do a little research, look of the side effects of your meds, and see if they may also cause OSA...
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