Jarnhamar
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Doing a bit of research before I show up at VACs door step - looking for advice and input.
A friend was in St-Jean in 2006 and injured his knee and put on MELs. He was told by a sgt at the time that he wouldn't get any kind of compensation because he didn't completely blow out his knee and he should save himself time and trouble and just put in a VR. I was made aware of that conversation as I was in sporadic communication with him but couldn't really do much as I was deployed but advised him not to VR and to make sure there's a paper trail.
He listened to the staff and VR'd, I remember him telling me how persistent they were. A few years later he tried to put a VAC claim in (injury never fully recovered) but was denied as the CF98 disappeared and there was no paperwork to be found. I know for a fact he wrote one (cf98) up.
He's still suffering now, is there any hope of fighting a situation like this and getting him some kind of benefits or is the lack of CF98 going to prevent it?
A friend was in St-Jean in 2006 and injured his knee and put on MELs. He was told by a sgt at the time that he wouldn't get any kind of compensation because he didn't completely blow out his knee and he should save himself time and trouble and just put in a VR. I was made aware of that conversation as I was in sporadic communication with him but couldn't really do much as I was deployed but advised him not to VR and to make sure there's a paper trail.
He listened to the staff and VR'd, I remember him telling me how persistent they were. A few years later he tried to put a VAC claim in (injury never fully recovered) but was denied as the CF98 disappeared and there was no paperwork to be found. I know for a fact he wrote one (cf98) up.
He's still suffering now, is there any hope of fighting a situation like this and getting him some kind of benefits or is the lack of CF98 going to prevent it?
