Recent content by alfa_uno

Tks for the feedback. Saw your profile. I'm from Ch-town myself. Living in Kingston. If you did Army AOC course at DLSE, I probably trained you. Anyways, the VAC 1-800 number is useless, they just bounce you to district office. I started at district office and they were clueless.

Just looking for advice on this. Has anybody else gone through the gagle of applying for this? I have over 20 yrs service in reg forces and finished up on Class B contract. Im just trying to run the numbers to get an idea. I assume this 75% topup will be based on the Class B salary? What a burn...

Hmm, interesting. I tried to get my release cat changed to medical but no go. Wouldn't mind chatting a bit off line.

Has anyone heard the rumor that VAC will be extending the education benefit not just for kids of the fallen but also for any injured vet? Sorry if I'm in the wrong forum, feel free to direct me to the right one.

Thanks for the post cdnleaf. All opinions are welcome as I’ve lost total perspective on this now. 3 kicks at DCMA and all 3 said no, gets me doubting MYSELF. I thought I had made the case that I was symptomatic at the time of release (and before), but apparently not in their eyes. Thanks for...

Is your username a reference to Occam's Razor? Just wondering. Tks for the advice, I'll take all I can get. That may be an option that i'll have to look at. I'm working right now, but i'm barely hanging on. If assuming I'm eligible for CPP disability, how does that indexing directive get to the...

Thanks for the comments. I know the CFSA is a law. I'm just a bit twisted over the fact that indexing only happens for medical release, when i know lots of guys that are busted up and hurting way more because symptoms didn't manifest themselves until after vol release. Did they ever consider...

Hey Brothers, First post, be gentle on me. I’ll try to be brief. What started as a “suggestion” from VAC a couple of years ago to have my release category changed from vol to med, so my pension would be indexed,  has become a freakin “nightmare”.  After 3 requests to DCMA, and significant coin...