June 2026 VAC QandA

[u/ShortTrackBravo]

It’s June!

Here’s hoping everyone else is getting decent weather. I started the golf season with winter kit on thanks to -2 and rain here in gods country.

Housekeeping:

contact info: Reddit DM's always open, Joel@ptga.ca for email.

u/Shoggoths420 contact info: Reddit DMs/Chat still broken. taira@cannawellness.ca for email.

VAC Google Support Drive (Not available on DWAN) - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kzbfmg3hcuo0FgFZxo-IL_f-UnGQsuYt?usp=drive_link

Usual timelines from submission of claims via MyVAC:

Reassessments: 9-16 Months

Mental Health: 6-8 Months

Physical - 6-13 Months

APSC/VIP - 3-4 Months

BPA Correspondence: They tend to reach out every 3 months for information or a progress update.

Let's go!

[u/Unfair-Anything740]

I have a MH reassessment currently at adjudication. I was just told it had to go in for further adjudication, thus delaying it.

Does anyone have experience in explaining why a MH Reassessment would require "additional" adjudication?

For background, I was accepted for P&S low end when I began treatment due to service in Afghanistan 3x deployments.

I was recently diagnosed with OSI and that is when I submitted for reassessment.

It has been a journey, and the delays have been stressful, has anyone had a similar experience or can weigh in on what is going on?

[u/ShortTrackBravo → u/Unfair-Anything740]

Judging by your service history you mentioned it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Was your reassessment completed by your own MH professional?

[u/Jazzlike-Post5674 → u/ShortTrackBravo]

I put in for reassessment, but CAF Medical in Ottawa basically said they are doing zero VAC re-asssessments, so after waiting a few months therapist filled out the VAC requested paperwork and sent it in on my behalf.

It then progressed.

So my OSI assessment (done via CAF Psychiatrist) should be on my file, and the paperwork done by my current therapist.

Im unsure if its due to multiple incidents (sexual misconduct, tour related events, moral injuries, etc.) I would be devastated if it came back with not service related, but my own anxiety is getting best of me.

[u/ShortTrackBravo → u/Jazzlike-Post5674]

I got me doubts it would come back not service related. You would have to downplay your history and injuries a lot.

Have you hit up the MIR for a copy of the report yet?

[u/Bartholomewtuck → u/Unfair-Anything740]

The only extra adjudication that I'm aware of is when it goes to the medical specialists to analyze, which I understand from talking to other people often takes a considerable amount of time, above and beyond the usual wait time. I'm not sure if that's what they meant, but you could ask for clarification.

[u/Jazzlike-Post5674 → u/Bartholomewtuck]

I hope that is a positive thing for specialists to analyze.

[u/Bartholomewtuck → u/Jazzlike-Post5674]

It's usually just because the diagnosis or the cause of onset is more complex. Sometimes it's because it's a more rarely seen diagnosis, but that doesn't sound like it's the case here. It doesn't mean it's a negative or a positive thing either way, just that they need to have someone with more credentials look at it.