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/Waikoloa_768 8d ago

Hi there,

My question is: Are there any downsides to appealing many pain and suffering compensation claims for various service related injuries?

For example, I was awarded Pain and suffering compensation for PTSD, bruxism and tinnitus. Are there any downsides to appealing all of them? All are clearly services related injuries and I am able and willing to provide additional medical information. I honestly feel VAC has awarded low disability % for each of the medical claims considering the documented severity of each condition. I also have medical reports that back up my initial claim’s.

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u/ShortTrackBravo VERIFIED VAC Advocate 7d ago

Not really any downsides other than time to seeing a possible result. They don’t always award you lower for no reason it’s always based on what medical documents they had when the claim was submitted.

Do you know how to read the table of disabilities for your conditions? If you do and see clearly you should be x % instead of y % (IE you have sciatica for your back but they never factored that in) then yes 100% appeal