Critical Injury Benefit
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Wow, congrats indeed!
I applied on July 3rd, and they are feeding me a line because it took them until August 19th to transfer the file to adjudication my decision isnt due until November 11th. - Fitting day.
Which is odd because they had every drip of information, there was nothing to be provided.
Either way congrats again! Did you get the letter yet, or did they disclose the decision over the phone?
I applied on July 3rd, and they are feeding me a line because it took them until August 19th to transfer the file to adjudication my decision isnt due until November 11th. - Fitting day.
Which is odd because they had every drip of information, there was nothing to be provided.
Either way congrats again! Did you get the letter yet, or did they disclose the decision over the phone?
Teager
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I had called my case manager for an update and was told that way. I have not recieved anything by mail yet so will let you know any info once I get it.
Rob most of my injuries came from a suicide bomber who also had ball bearings on a foot patrol. Multiple injuries to both legs a wound to my bowel and a ball bearing that hit me in the neck which is believed to have shocked my spinal cord and caused temporary paralysis and nerve damage. One doctor put as like having a stroke to one side of my body. Was in hospital for a total of about 5 months.
How I fit the criteria I'm guessing because of being in the ICU longer than what the criteria states and since I couldn't move for a few months required assistance in everything and afterwards required assistance at home.
Hopefully your guys decision is coming in the next few days. I was told that the adjudicators are busy not just due to the amount of work but also because they are training some of the new staff that has been hired.
However PIA is still in progress and about 2 months over due.
Rob most of my injuries came from a suicide bomber who also had ball bearings on a foot patrol. Multiple injuries to both legs a wound to my bowel and a ball bearing that hit me in the neck which is believed to have shocked my spinal cord and caused temporary paralysis and nerve damage. One doctor put as like having a stroke to one side of my body. Was in hospital for a total of about 5 months.
How I fit the criteria I'm guessing because of being in the ICU longer than what the criteria states and since I couldn't move for a few months required assistance in everything and afterwards required assistance at home.
Hopefully your guys decision is coming in the next few days. I was told that the adjudicators are busy not just due to the amount of work but also because they are training some of the new staff that has been hired.
However PIA is still in progress and about 2 months over due.
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That sounds incredibly familiar, are you from Northern Ontario?
When it's all said and done that would be great to know how long it took to process payment,!if you had to do the silly 888 forms ect.
Thanks again, glad you are getting a little extra for what sounds like something very painful
When it's all said and done that would be great to know how long it took to process payment,!if you had to do the silly 888 forms ect.
Thanks again, glad you are getting a little extra for what sounds like something very painful
This benefit is definitely going to present the department with problems. The criteria of 'suddenness' is going to result in some veterans receiving significantly more money than others for similar medical outcomes, because one person suffers their 'critical injury/illness' in a sudden manner whereas for someone else it develops more slowly. I know this has been brought to the attention of VAC staff at the policy making level; I'll be curious to hear once the election side show it out of the way whether this is being revisited at all. Someone who is hurt in an IED blast, by a gunshot, or in a LAV rollover is very clearly injured in a sudden enough manner, whereas someone who develops cancer over the course of a few years because of some sort of toxic exposure or who develops several back issues after years of parachute jumps is not. We will see soldiers as severely debilitated by more gradual, progressive injuries or illnesses as those who are injured or sicked much more rapidly, but only some will qualify for the benefit. We'll probably see this one go to court over something like someone who becomes ill as a result of shipboard firefighting or something like that.
Hopefully the department can reevaluate this benefit. The entire benefits package needs to be rewritten and harmonized, but the CIB 'bump to the lump' is a poorly executed plan that was meiocre to begin with.
Hopefully the department can reevaluate this benefit. The entire benefits package needs to be rewritten and harmonized, but the CIB 'bump to the lump' is a poorly executed plan that was meiocre to begin with.
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Agreed Brihard. I believe the benefit was created simply for Afghan vets and not really those that get an illness or have serious issues that develop over the long term. I saw a member can't remember what illness he had but it was slowly deteriorating him over time where he could do less and less and eventually ended up in a wheelchair and requires daily assistance. Now the way the criteria is laid out I don't think he will qualify because it is something that has gotten worse over time. IMO those are the soldiers that deserve the benefit just as much as the guy that was seriously injured.
Dunlop not from Northern ON but closer to the GTA.
Dunlop not from Northern ON but closer to the GTA.
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A reminder to folks who receive an unfavourable decision regarding their CIB application. Those decisions fall under Part 3 of the NVC, and therefore "enjoy" (used very loosely) appeal rights to the Veterans Review and Appeal Board.
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Teager said:
I would say the way the criteria is laid out, there is no way he would qualify.
Its definitely unfair. The criteria require both a "sudden" injury as well as pretty specific times for hospitalization.
I was flown into Role 4 in a black hawk off of Highway #1 outside of Kandahar and I doubt that I'll qualify, due to not being hospitalized long enough.
Well, I MIGHT if they consider role 4 an ICU, but somehow, I doubt it.
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Decision is due next week, based on VAC's wonky calcs at least. I submitted the application on July 3rd, but they didn't transfer anything over to adjudication until Aug 20th or so.
I don't agree, but they state that their service standard does not start to countdown until that point. Is anyone else awaiting a decision?
I don't agree, but they state that their service standard does not start to countdown until that point. Is anyone else awaiting a decision?
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