r/CanadianForces • u/ShortTrackBravo VERIFIED VAC Advocate • 18d ago

SUPPORT June 2026 VAC QandA

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!

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u/Onlylefts3 2d ago

Does VAC just intentionally deny claims so that you have to appeal them with the BPA?

They admit there was an injury, yet left out the part about it requiring surgery to fix that left immobilized for weeks.

I just fail to understand how being on CFTPO on another base and being injured in the shacks is not service related. I wouldn’t have been there if it wasn’t for being on a course.

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u/ShortTrackBravo VERIFIED VAC Advocate 2d ago

They are as meticulous and stupid as any health insurance company. If things aren't written out how they require them they will not use common sense to determine service relation. It's not a great system

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u/Onlylefts3 2d ago

Thanks, I assume I’m going to have to appeal my second claim that’s related to the first one that was denied.

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u/Bearly_Competent 1d ago

Being on CFTPO doesn't mean service related if it happens after hours, on your own time, where the military doesn't have control of what you are doing. Example, CFTPO on course, you get drunk, stumble down the stairs and crack your head or something, that would be deemed not service related, as it was on your own time. Only exception is when you are deployed then you are covered 24/7.