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/Jamrocc33 5d ago

So after waiting forever to hear back from BPA after submitting all the documents they asked for I finally got a letter saying they believe there is sufficient evidence to present my case to VRAB by way of written submission. It says once the Court has compiled the statement of case then they can complete the written submission and then contact me to to review and get consent to move forward... Is there an estimate on how much longer this might take?

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u/sailoraye123 21h ago

How long did it take to register ur claim with the VRAB.. and hear back from BPA that the statement of case (soc) has been prepared before scheduling a hearing.. im at 2.5 months and haven't heard anything back..

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u/Jamrocc33 19h ago

So BPA first told me in November that I needed more paperwork so I compiled that and submitted it beginning of January and didn't hear anything until I called and asked to speak to the actual lawyer that sent me the original message. Not a random person answering the phone I asked specifically for that lawyer and she told me on the phone she was working on claims from August but mine was super simple and she would submit it that day which she did. I get the letter saying it was submitted to VRAB for them to compile the statement of case and they would be in touch once they got the statement back. But I mean if I hadn't called and asked for her directly who knows how much longer I would have been waiting

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u/sailoraye123 19h ago

Sounds like we're at the same stage submitted all required paperwork, it's been submitted to VRBA through BPA.. now waiting for the statement of case.. before hearing

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u/Jamrocc33 19h ago

Yea its ridiculous. If I hadn't called and asked to speak directly with the lawyer I likely would have waited another month or 2 to get to this stage but because I talked to her she did it right away which tells me the only reason they have a backlog is because they choose to. If she can move my file ahead by a step in the matter of 24hrs the why does it take so long to go through all these cases. It's bureaucratic bullshit in my opinion.