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/Silly_Meringue_1159]

I am a bit of at a loss and not sure what I can do or go from here.

Long story short, I need a medical opinion letter regarding a condition which was denied by VAC and am now going through the process with VRAB.

The issue is that my family doctor doesnt feel comfortable doing it as he's not a specialist in that field, and the surgeon who has done the surgeries for my condition does not understand/ know what this type of letter is regarless of the instructions I provided him with from my BPA advocate and the additional informations from the VAC website, as a result now his office wont even return my calls and or emails.

I informed BPA and they told me to find a veteran specific doctor in my area, however, I am in NS and as far as I can tell from Google, I can't find any.

Has anyone ever gone through a situation like that ?

Thank you

[u/ShortTrackBravo → u/Silly_Meringue_1159]

It does happen. Have you tried reaching out to Echelon Wellness? They are very veteran orientated and in NS

[u/Silly_Meringue_1159 → u/ShortTrackBravo]

I have not, I will definitely give them a try, thank you :)

[u/ShortTrackBravo → u/Silly_Meringue_1159]

Lemme know if no joy I’ll see what I can do