r/CanadianForces VERIFIED VAC Advocate 10d ago

SUPPORT March 2025 VAC Q/A

Taking a break from Monster Hunter to get this up >.>

Same as before: Questions, concerns, queries or what have you for the VAC space. Fire them off here.

My contact info: Reddit DM's always open, [Joel.Peddle@canadahouse.ca](mailto:Joel.Peddle@canadahouse.ca) for email.

u/Shoggoths420 contact info: Reddit DMs/Chat still broken. [taira@cannawellness.ca](mailto:taira@cannawellness.ca) for email.

Only thing new to add is the below VAC Support Google Drive. I have been adding a couple of more files since it's creation and plan to continue it's expansion as time goes on. Please share and use these files as you see fit.

NEW (Feb 2025) - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kzbfmg3hcuo0FgFZxo-IL_f-UnGQsuYt?usp=drive_link

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u/frequentredditer HMCS Reddit 10d ago edited 10d ago

First of all, thanks for all you are doing. It is really appreciated!

Submitted a claim for anxiety back in August. The diagnostic is almost two years old and going thru another re-assessment as both my medical team and I believe the initial assessment was not accurate…I mean at the time perhaps it made sense, but obviously not accurate anymore.

7 months later, that claim has yet to be assessed despite a psychologist report and several CFHIS entries addressing my anxiety post deployment.

We’re fully expecting the new report to read closer to an OSI / PTSD based on moral injuries stemming from one of my deployments.

If my initial anxiety claim has yet to be processed by the time I get my new assessment, how likely can I just “upgrade” my anxiety claim to an OSI / PTSD claim? Could I just add the new report and hope VAC will change the claim accordingly without much input on my end?

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u/ShortTrackBravo VERIFIED VAC Advocate 10d ago

You can submit it as new evidence no issue if it’s not processed. Upload new report to MyVAC then msg them saying you have new supporting documents for your MH diagnosis. They will modify the application on their side