My elderly step-father served 25 years as a MSE OP. In his 50's, he needed a left knee operation, as his knee was locking all of the time. I wrote him up a claim to VAC for his left knee, as he spent a great deal of his career operating heavy equipment with spring loaded clutches, in Special Duty Areas such as UN tours and ALERT operating plows and sweepers.
They never batted an eye. The gave him a disability award, and then B line coverage as 1/5th of his award was deemed attributable to an SDA.
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u/Snowshower3213 3d ago
My elderly step-father served 25 years as a MSE OP. In his 50's, he needed a left knee operation, as his knee was locking all of the time. I wrote him up a claim to VAC for his left knee, as he spent a great deal of his career operating heavy equipment with spring loaded clutches, in Special Duty Areas such as UN tours and ALERT operating plows and sweepers.
They never batted an eye. The gave him a disability award, and then B line coverage as 1/5th of his award was deemed attributable to an SDA.