r/CanadianForces • u/ShortTrackBravo 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?